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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,c9d5fc258548b22a X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: How do I write directly to a memory address? Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: <67063a5b-f588-45ea-bf22-ca4ba0196ee6@l11g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <737a6396-72bd-4a1e-8895-7d50f287960e@d28g2000yqc.googlegroups.com> <4d5008a5$0$6879$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> <4d5031fe$0$6765$9b4e6d93@newsspool3.arcor-online.net> <1f229967-d3cf-42b6-8087-c97ee08652f3@i40g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> <4d51169e$0$7657$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> <4d51905c$0$19486$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net> <36212a7b-deab-45d9-ac45-aa29cd90c7bc@o18g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <4d51a7bb$0$19486$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net> <4d52b489$0$19486$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net> <9a8njlwvey1p.1a96yvvgdf6yu.dlg@40tude.net> <4d52c5e5$0$19486$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net> <4d52d7d9$0$18057$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 19:36:43 +0100 Message-ID: <1jf3s95v7yrkk.1m7rl9zt042py$.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Date: 09 Feb 2011 19:36:41 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: 8500426f.newsspool2.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=EI2i@^Em7E?2_LML X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17117 Date: 2011-02-09T19:36:41+01:00 List-Id: On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:07:19 -0500, Hyman Rosen wrote: > On 2/9/2011 12:49 PM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: >> There is nothing beyond the requirements. > > You cannot use the word "requirements" as if it is simple. > What are the requirements of an Ada compiler? There is a certification procedure that includes conformity tests. > I submit that > specifying the requirements of a program is identical to > writing that program, It is not. The proof is simple: there exist more than one correct implementation. >> Hmm, isn't murder a criminal offence in the US? And look there is a huge >> crowd of leftists lobbying for taking guns away. The same people are silent >> about cars! They could at least require that cars were in state property. >> No? Cars kill thousands, but these are acceptable deaths. > > Actually, the same crowd of leftists would be happy to take > away the cars as well. Furthermore, many car deaths could be > avoided by design changes - we could armor cars like tanks, > and we could limit their speed to under thirty miles per hour > for example. But our legal system does not require this of car > manufacturers, Right, this is because having such cars is felt acceptable. > and it would similarly not hold software makers > liable for not using Ada. No need for that, they must be liable for damages of certain extent. >>> And in fact, people treat computer programs as they do other more >>> physical objects. >> >> Not really. Legally you don't even own most of the programs you are using. > > Irrelevant. People treat computer programs as they do other more > physical objects regardless of what the law says. Not knowing the law does not make you immune to its consequences. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de