[OT] What's "QED"? (was Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades)

Andrew L. Gould algould at datawok.com
Tue Jun 8 09:49:39 PDT 2004


On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 12:36:47 -0400
Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:

> Peter Risdon <peter at circlesquared.com> wrote:
> 
> > Robert Huff wrote:
> > 
> > >Peter Risdon writes:
> > >
> > >> I suppose what I'm driving at is whether the RELENG_4 branch sees
> > >> many commits that are likely to be problematic.
> > >>    
> > >	In general, no.
> > >	On the other hand ... think of this as a Murphy's Law scenario:
> > >if you automate, it _will_ break horribly two days before some
> > >absolutely critical deadline.
> > >  
> > 
> > QED
> 
> I must be "out of touch" with my jargon ...
> 
> What's "QED"?
> 
> -- 
> Bill Moran

If I recall correctly, it's Latin: "quod erat demonstrandum", meaning
"as it has been demonstrated".

Andrew Gould





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