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,d6f7b92fd11ab291 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-17 12:39:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-09!supernews.com!68.6.19.232.MISMATCH!west.cox.net!east.cox.net!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Ed Falis Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Crosspost: Help wanted from comp.compilers Message-ID: <20030717153702.7c2c5be4.falis@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20030717141153.0746785b.falis@verizon.net> X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.9.3claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 19:39:36 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.154.71.51 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1058470776 141.154.71.51 (Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:39:36 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:39:36 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40429 Date: 2003-07-17T19:39:36+00:00 List-Id: On 17 Jul 2003 15:24:40 -0400 Robert A Duff wrote: > I don't claim this particular behavior is a bug, but surely something > can be a bug even if not mentioned in the Ada standard, and mentioned > in the compiler's manual! For example, if an Ada compiler deleted the > source files from the disk after compiling them, that would be a bug. > The Ada standard doesn't forbid it, and it's still a bug even if the > compiler's manual documents it. No, then it's a "feature" and caveat emptor! Taking a statement that would make sense in most contexts and driving it to a logical and absurd conclusion doesn't invalidate its sensibility in most contexts. All it does is point to that fact that other evaluative criteria than classification as a bug are at play.