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: 103376,9da298537a16487e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-23 15:38:06 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!gw1.att.com!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!panix!cmcl2!thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!nobody From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Run-time checking and speed Date: 23 Jan 1995 18:38:06 -0500 Organization: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Message-ID: <3g1eku$lmd@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> References: <3ev16u$ojc@pong.lasc.lockheed.com> <3f3deb$4us@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> <3fa2pk$kbi@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <3fu902$6al@felix.seas.gwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gnat.cs.nyu.edu Date: 1995-01-23T18:38:06-05:00 List-Id: Mike, you miss the point that in some environments it is REQUIRED to turn off runtime checking. Why, because runtime checking can create code that cannot be executed, and in some verification environments coverage testing is required, so you cannot have code and logic paths that cannot be executed.