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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_SPAM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b30bd69fa8f63cb2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fc772,b30bd69fa8f63cb2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc772,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-13 00:58:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!elnk-nf1-atl!newsfeed.earthlink.net!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.shaw.ca!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator2-maxim!news-in-maxim.spamkiller.net!usc.edu!rpi!not-for-mail From: snarflemike@yahoo.com (Mike Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++.moderated Subject: Re: C bug of the day Date: 13 Jun 2003 04:00:14 -0400 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Sender: cppmods@netlab.cs.rpi.edu Message-ID: <20619edc.0306121052.643eb4ec@posting.google.com> References: <1054751321.434656@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: netlab.cs.rpi.edu X-Original-Date: 12 Jun 2003 11:52:39 -0700 X-Submission-Address: c++-submit@netlab.cs.rpi.edu X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.lang.c++.moderated iQBVAwUAPumEikHMCo9UcraBAQF8YwIAmws7EOWUcBfefotO480/5rVgR4t2f/t3 2OYHM6bbbXYRiZ2qpqNj7k3MfrvynTsCQY80kxJz1adnI7+rPPpG6w== =MKr4 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:39085 comp.lang.c++.moderated:68254 Date: 2003-06-13T04:00:14-04:00 List-Id: kanze@gabi-soft.fr wrote in message news:... > > One point where I'm pretty sure Ada 83 didn't have the right default > (although they may have fixed it in Ada 95): garbage collection. While > there are places where it is necessary to turn garbage collection off > (which seriously limits the use of a language in which you cannot have > untraced pointers, which the garbage collector cannot see), the safe > option is obviously to have it on by default, no? I've read that Ada customers don't ask for garbage collection, because in typical Ada applications (safety-critical, hard realtime embedded) dynamic allocation is simply not acceptable. Mike [ Send an empty e-mail to c++-help@netlab.cs.rpi.edu for info ] [ about comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: do this! ]