- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 12:00:40 -0700
- To: John Boyer <boyerj@ca.ibm.com>
- Cc: James Graham <jg307@cam.ac.uk>, Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>, Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>, public-html@w3.org, public-html-request@w3.org
On May 1, 2007, at 8:30 AM, John Boyer wrote: > > Explain why this doesn't work for you: > > Axiom: Non-programmers will make more errors on programming tasks > than programmers This assumes that making declarative representations is not a programming task. How likely is a non-programmer to create, say, an XSLT stylesheet that works correctly? > Theorem: Declarative representations reduce bugs > Proof: Spreadsheets. QED Hmm. Is there any evidence that Excel spreadsheets have fewer bugs than, say, Visual Basic programs of similar complexity? I know of no such evidence. It is certainly possible for spreadsheet formulas to be buggy. Regards, Maciej
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