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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site peora.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!petsd!peora!jer From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) Newsgroups: net.arch,net.lang.ada Subject: Re: What I miss... (really C, Ada, religion) Message-ID: <1729@peora.UUCP> Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 08:59:38 EDT Article-I.D.: peora.1729 Posted: Fri Oct 11 08:59:38 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Oct-85 18:47:22 EDT References: <796@kuling.UUCP> <2580002@csd2.UUCP> Organization: Perkin-Elmer SDC, Orlando, Fl. Xref: watmath net.arch:1897 net.lang.ada:391 List-Id: > Since these things are program development tools, where speed is not an > issue, they should be implemented in software and do not need the any > hardware support. Hence the discussion does not belong in net.arch. I think our compiler-writers would probably disagree with you... certain types of checking (e.g., checking for addresses in a certain range, which I suggested back at the beginning of this discussion) is enormously difficult to do without hardware support... I have heard of debuggers that had to completely emulate the instruction set in order to do this. -- Shyy-Anzr: J. Eric Roskos UUCP: Ofc: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!peora!jer Home: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!peora!jerpc!jer US Mail: MS 795; Perkin-Elmer SDC; 2486 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809-7642