From: kwsodema@avistainc.com (Kenneth W. Sodemann)
Subject: Re: ada and robots
Date: 1997/06/19
Date: 1997-06-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <33ab7c11.18857400@news.mhtc.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33A6D407.53416C1E@link.com
On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:14:31 -0500, Samuel Mize <smize@link.com>
wrote:
>Note that I make some comments about the person Mr. Whiting quoted,
>but none about Mr. Whiting. Some quotations reformatted for length.
>
>Stephen Leake wrote:
>>
>> Matthew S. Whiting wrote:
>> ( second hand list of supposed Ada deficiencies )
>...
>> > >* Ada does not support discriminant unions (which are
>...
>> This is precisely the Ada discriminant record:
>
>Ah, but you can't hand-code the discriminant values. This makes it
>harder to interface to existing C code, which of course makes C
>fundamentally better.
>
>Besides, you can't load the variable with one type and then read it
>as another type. In C it's simple and safe, while in Ada it requires
>Unchecked_Conversion, which everyone knows is dangerous.
>
You are being sarcastic here, right?
If not, I will have to say I disagree. Unions in C are far from
"safe", and Unchecked_Conversion is certainly not more dangerous than
unions.
[snip]
--
Kenneth W. Sodemann
kwsodema@avistainc.com
http://www.avistainc.com
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1997-05-28 0:00 ada and robots John Bohn
1997-05-29 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-05-29 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-05-30 0:00 ` John Cook
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-06-01 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-06-02 0:00 ` John G. Volan
[not found] ` <5mv984$7kn@news.emi.com>
1997-06-03 0:00 ` Martin A. Stembel
1997-06-03 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-04 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-28 0:00 ` Mike Stark
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-04 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
[not found] ` <9706052229.AA29554@jaguar.nmc.ed.ray.com>
1997-06-06 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-07 0:00 ` RC
1997-06-09 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-12 0:00 ` George Haddad
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Matthew S. Whiting
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Matthew S. Whiting
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-22 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Matthew S. Whiting
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Kenneth W. Sodemann [this message]
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` jim granville
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Re(dux): Ada for small machines (was Re: ada and robots) Ken Garlington
1997-06-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-29 0:00 ` ada and robots Matthew Heaney
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-07-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-07-17 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-04 0:00 ` RC
1997-06-04 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-06-04 0:00 ` Jan Galkowski
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Albert K. Lee
1997-06-06 0:00 ` dana
1997-06-07 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-10 0:00 ` dana
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1997-06-05 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-09 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-13 0:00 ` Erik Magnuson
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-05 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-09 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-12 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-16 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Will Rose
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-06-16 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-19 0:00 Jon S Anthony
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-22 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-06-20 0:00 Ada " Huy Vo
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-24 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-07-01 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-06-26 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-06-27 0:00 ` nma123
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
[not found] <867541382.23405@dejanews.com>
1997-06-29 0:00 ` John Howard
1997-06-30 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-07-01 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-07-11 0:00 ` Will Rose
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Mattias Sj�sv�rd
1997-07-01 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-07-02 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-07-04 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
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