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From: "George W. Bayles" <georgeb@cajunbro.com>
Subject: Re: Ada and Java. different behaviour. casting long to int problem.
Date: 1999/06/16
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bill@world.nospam.com wrote:
[snip]
> 
> Ada gives the programmer this choice. Java/C/C++ do NOT.
>

Ada is a different language for different purposes. You don't 
expect a compiled Ada program to run on anything but the 
specific processor/system it was compiled for.
 
[snip]
> 
> Why is it that java throws a run-time exception when one attempts to
> write passed array boundary, but closes it eyes when an overflow 
> occurs?
>

Perhaps because the compiler is allowed to omit the array bounds 
checking when it can prove it is safe - which in real programs is
almost always the case. So, the performance penalty is minimized.

> Based on this, I do not consider Java a safe language to use in 
> applications requiring very safe and predictable behaviour.
> 

So use Ada for these!