From: cjrgreen@concentric.net (Christopher Green)
Subject: Re: Alternate to Unchecked_Conversion - Portable?
Date: 1999/02/26
Date: 1999-02-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <36d79e94.11378508@nntp.concentric.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7b5tr0$rso$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 10:42:41 GMT, robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>In article <36d65c7c.15971534@nntp.concentric.net>,
> cjrgreen@concentric.net (Christopher Green) wrote:
>> Maybe the Unchecked_Conversion of access types has
>> wider approval from those who develop language standards.
>
>If you are using a language, it is incumbent on you to KNOW
>the language! The language is defined by the standard, not
>by the behavior of the compiler you are using.
There are definitions of the language and there are implementations
of the language. The two frequently fail to coincide. If I rely on a
property of the language that is defined by standard but poorly im-
plemented, I will end up writing poor programs that exhibit many
problems. If I rely on a property of implementations that is widely
supported even though deprecated by the standard, I will end up
writing better programs.
I am paid to produce programs that work, not programs that use a
language in conformance to a standard. If it were my business to
develop compilers that conform to standard, I would probably feel
differently.
--
Chris Green
Advanced Technology Center
Laguna Hills, California
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-21 0:00 Alternate to Unchecked_Conversion - Portable? Steve Doiel
1999-02-21 0:00 ` Steve Quinlan
1999-02-22 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-21 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-22 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-22 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-02-22 0:00 ` Christopher Green
1999-02-23 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-23 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-02-24 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-25 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-25 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-26 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-26 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-02-27 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-24 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-23 0:00 ` Christopher Green
1999-02-25 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-24 0:00 ` Christopher Green
1999-02-25 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-25 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-25 0:00 ` Christopher Green
1999-02-26 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-26 0:00 ` Christopher Green [this message]
1999-03-01 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-03-01 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-01 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-26 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-02-26 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-02-28 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-23 0:00 ` Christopher Green
1999-02-25 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-24 0:00 ` Christopher Green
1999-02-25 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-26 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-02-26 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-02-22 0:00 ` Tom Moran
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