On 16 May 1998 14:32, Mike Carey [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> Strange as it may seem, there is a rudimentary flight simulator
> program built into Excel 97. Do this:
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> It's really only there as a flash a way of hiding the program credits,
> but it's quite neat, nonetheless.
The practice of hiding *Easter Eggs* in software applications (as they are
called in the software development biz) is far from limited to Excel - see
http://www.winfiles.com/howto/easter.html for details of other
applications.
While Mike's comment hints at it being a bit of harmless fun, I find
worrying is that either Microsoft (and the other software suppliers)
management condone this practice - yet every unnecessary line of code leads
to larger programs and greater risk of software failure - or their software
development quality management processes failed to pick this up - in which
case what else might have slipped through ? if programmers could have
slipped in a benevolent flight simulator undetected, then they could
equally easily slip in malevolent code.
John Farenden
Secta, Triton House, Hare Park Lane, Liversedge, West Yorkshire
Tel +44 (0) 1274 852160 Fax +44 (0) 1274 852159
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