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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,28cd155693714664 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-20 10:56:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.abs.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability Date: 20 Jun 2002 12:56:32 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: <1eXzIBOqB9c1@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <3D0DE5E2.5010904@mail.com> <27085883.0206171100.7f6f0c5e@posting.google.com> <3D0E461A.8050207@mail.com> <3D0EBC9F.9040104@mail.com> <3D12087D.A3696BB9@despammed.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1024595838 9933 192.135.80.34 (20 Jun 2002 17:57:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:57:18 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26505 Date: 2002-06-20T12:56:32-06:00 List-Id: In article <3D12087D.A3696BB9@despammed.com>, Wes Groleau writes: > > >> There may be other factors that make some other language more strategic >> to use. If the project is itself a compiler, writing it in the target >> language guarantees some degree of inhouse testing. > > That could backfire, if too many people think that > testing the compiler on itself is adequate. > > An application program may do things that don't happen > often in a compiler. Yes, it is a tricky decision how to handle this, requiring an extraordinary ability to measure the nature of the organization :-)