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,INVALID_MSGID
	autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 101deb,f96f757d5586710a
X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public
X-Google-Thread: f43e6,5ac12f5a60b1bfe
X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public
X-Google-Thread: 103376,5ac12f5a60b1bfe
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
From: Darren C Davenport <ddavenpo@redwood.dn.hac.com>
Subject: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception?
Date: 1996/08/13
Message-ID: <32108478.41C67EA6@redwood.dn.hac.com>#1/1
X-Deja-AN: 173926470
references: <Dv45EJ.8r@fsa.bris.ac.uk> <4t9vdg$jfb@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>
 <4tiu6e$kpm@news2.cais.com>
 <Pine.GSO.3.92.960804145456.23377A-100000@nunic.nu.edu>
 <4up8pi$lvi@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>
content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
organization: Hughes Information Technology Systems (HITS)
mime-version: 1.0
newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pl1
x-mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3 sun4c)
Date: 1996-08-13T00:00:00+00:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>


++ robin wrote:
> 
> overflow.  A R/T (and even non R/T) PL/I programmer
> routinely puts in error control.
> 
> occurs.  If this had been done (routine in PL/I), the
> effect of an unchecked conversion would have been observed.

I think that it is quite evident that the world would be a better
place if we all just convert to PL/I because we will be more
intelligent and never make silly mistakes.  As a side effect, world
peace will become a reality and hunger will be eradicated.

Darren