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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,e1a91c4d90acda97 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-18 15:11:10 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!hub.org!hub.org!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3A6777F5.584FC61E@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Safety-Critical Systems Developed Using C++ References: <945eeq$vmk$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A664EC4.6F679BE0@acm.org> <947ddu$jpd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A6742EF.D9136D3@adapower.net> <3A6774DA.E999CEF7@acm.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 23:10:47 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.252.123.82 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 979859447 158.252.123.82 (Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:10:47 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:10:47 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4193 comp.lang.c++:40497 Date: 2001-01-18T23:10:47+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > > Thats one of the reasonable justifications for using C (or some other > language with less safety features than Ada) for an embedded, critical > system. There just don't exist Ada compilers targeted to every processor > that is out there. (Still, there seem to be plenty of processors that *are* > supported!) Given the existence of at least 1 Ada compiler that produces ANSI C as its intermediate language, this is not really a justification for using C. I'll let STT take over now with details. -- Jeff Carter "Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time." Monty Python & the Holy Grail