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-Thread: 103376,87627bdc747a0287 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!130.59.10.21.MISMATCH!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.in2p3.fr!in2p3.fr!proxad.net!193.252.118.146.MISMATCH!news.wanadoo.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail Message-ID: <44FEA2F8.9040804@obry.net> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:29:12 +0200 From: Pascal Obry Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: "jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net" Subject: Re: Martian Rover Spirit's mulitasking software reset. References: <12fsfpic0ccq16b@corp.supernews.com> <1157518057.446951.89720@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1157518057.446951.89720@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 06 Sep 2006 12:29:16 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.120.157.200 X-Trace: 1157538556 news.orange.fr 25926 82.120.157.200:2863 X-Complaints-To: abuse@orange.fr Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6467 Date: 2006-09-06T12:29:16+02:00 List-Id: jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net a �crit : > Not necessarily. While there could be many reasons for this problem, > one likely one was the dynamic creation of Pthreads. A similar problem > could have been designed into an Ada program using dynamic creation of > tasks from a task type. > > The problem appears to be fundamentally caused by poor design. Ada does > not prevent poor design. Agreed, but the time you spent on "fighting the language" would have better used on thinking about a good design. This is at least what Ada gives you, the time to think to useful problem on your project. Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.net --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595