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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: A case where Ada defaults to unsafe?
Date: 3 Jan 2002 21:17:49 -0600
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In article <3C34BF2C.6030500@mail.com>, Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:

> So in Ada, one could say 'if a /= 0 and b/a > 3' and fall into a
> trap that would not happen in C/C++.

Since you did not propose:

	if b/a > 3 and a /= 0

I gather you are talking about the case where the programmer really
intended that the a /= 0 test should happen first.  If the programmer
really wanted to specify the order, "and then" should be used.  If the
programmer insists on writing a program that differs from what they
mean, they might as well write:

	if a /= 0 OR b/a > 3

Even though I have used other programming languages in the past,
I have found the concept of "and then" quite easy to understand,
though I have the advantage that my natural language is English.