From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, RATWARE_MS_HASH,RATWARE_OUTLOOK_NONAME autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Tim Behrendsen" Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada? Date: 1997/04/18 Message-ID: <01bc4c03$4e9483a0$87ee6fce@timpent.a-sis.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 235728519 References: <5ih6i9$oct$1@waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu> <33526CBF.41C6@cca.rockwell.com> <5j0e5i$qgi@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> <5j4ijn$3ta1@news.knox.edu> <5j5kqf$adm@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> Organization: A-SIS Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Kaz Kylheku wrote in article <5j5kqf$adm@bcrkh13.bnr.ca>... > In article <5j4ijn$3ta1@news.knox.edu>, root wrote: > >>Not part of my daily life. I run a reliable operating system. Then again, one > >>need only thumb through one of those little booklets published by Intel which > >>outline various ways in which their Pentium processors don't live up to their > >>own architectural specs. There are at least 20 or so _known_ ways, for > >>instance, in which a dual Pentium system can lock up, due to flaws in the > >>hardware rather than operating system software. My dual P100 could lock up, > >>and I could conveniently point the finger at Intel. > > > > You won't find many safety-critical apps entrusted to P-whatevers either. > > Consider this: > > Intel products are not intended for use in medical, life saving, or > life sustaining applications. > > This quote is taken from _Pentium Processor Specification Update_ from Intel, > January 1997. It is in the very first disclaimer paragraph on the inside front > cover. The reason is probably that the medical market is so puny that they figured it wasn't worth being dragged into a lawsuit if a medical manufacturer was sued. That sounds like lawyer-speak to me. -- ========================================================================== | Tim Behrendsen (tim@a-sis.com) | http://www.cerfnet.com/~timb | | "Judge all, and be prepared to be judged by all." | ==========================================================================