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From: Darren New <dnew@san.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Commercial C To Ada 95 compiler
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:03:55 GMT
Date: 2002-06-10T21:03:55+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D051455.C284452E@san.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3D05122F.D5C8EC90@despammed.com

Wes Groleau wrote:
> 
> > True, but... so?  If the C code is buggy, I don't think you'll find too many
> > automated ways of removing the bugs and making it Do What I Mean.
> 
> You're changing the subject on me again.  What I said way back when
> is that translating C into Ada will reveal new bugs at compile time.

Well, if in C I go
  float f; int i; ... f = i;
and I meant that, then it's not a bug. I guess it would "reveal a bug", but
it would also give the same diagnostic for things that aren't bugs, so I'd
think that's less useful.

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-06-10 21:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-06-03  9:26 Commercial C To Ada 95 compiler Henrik Quintel
2002-06-03 18:52 ` Ingo Marks
2002-06-04  6:40   ` Henrik Quintel
2002-06-04 14:11     ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-06-04 14:26       ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-04 16:38         ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-06-03 20:26 ` Florian Weimer
2002-06-04  6:43   ` Henrik Quintel
2002-06-04 14:18     ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2002-06-07  3:48 ` Richard Riehle
2002-06-07 12:46   ` SteveD
2002-06-07 13:20     ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-09 21:43       ` Stephen Leake
2002-06-10 13:17         ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-11 12:52           ` SteveD
2002-06-11 13:32             ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-12 14:07               ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-12 13:21                 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-07 13:21   ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-07 19:48     ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-07 20:26       ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-08  3:19         ` SteveD
2002-06-08  3:59           ` Jim Rogers
2002-06-08  4:14             ` Darren New
2002-06-08  4:50               ` SteveD
2002-06-08 12:04                 ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-10 18:44               ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-10 19:23                 ` Darren New
2002-06-10 20:55                   ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-10 21:03                     ` Darren New [this message]
2002-06-08  4:46             ` SteveD
2002-06-08 12:11               ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-08 18:46                 ` SteveD
2002-06-10 13:34                   ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-11 16:38                     ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-11 17:27                       ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-12 13:18                         ` Pascal Obry
2002-06-10 18:47               ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-10 21:23                 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-10 20:59                   ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-10 21:37                     ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-10 22:34                       ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-08 12:06             ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-08 15:53             ` Richard Riehle
2002-06-08 15:58               ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-10 13:37                 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-10 23:32                   ` Darren New
2002-06-11 13:11                     ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-12 15:42                       ` Darren New
2002-06-21 17:23                         ` David Thompson
2002-06-08 17:45               ` tmoran
2002-06-08 18:32               ` Pascal Obry
2002-06-09 17:41                 ` Richard Riehle
2002-06-10  8:11                   ` Fraser Wilson
2002-06-08 20:06               ` Jim Rogers
2002-06-09 17:49                 ` Richard Riehle
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