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: 103376,6609c40f81b32989 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,9bdec20bcc7f3687 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Thread: 101deb,e67cdb1dcad3c668 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,gid8d3408f8c3,gidbda4de328f,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!gegeweb.org!news.ecp.fr!news-in.maxbaud.net!s03-b12.iad!npeersf02.iad.highwinds-media.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!216.196.98.152.MISMATCH!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.posted.lerostechnologies!news.posted.lerostechnologies.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:26:33 -0500 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.pl1 From: Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:23:28 -0400 Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered "too specialized" for scientific use References: <4bba8bf1$0$56418$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4bbb2246$8$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> <4bbb5386$0$56422$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4bbdf5c6$1$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> <4c0a2e36$0$34205$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4c0b234f$1$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> <7plPn.6395$z%6.5719@edtnps83> Mail-Copies-To: nobody Organization: Atid/2 X-CompuServe-Customer: Yes X-Coriate: interspeed.co.nz X-Ecrate: tanandtanlawyers.com X-Pose: George Cox X-Punge: Micro$oft X-Sanguinate: The MVS Guy X-Terminate: SPA(GIS) X-Tinguish: Mark Griffith X-Treme: C&C,DWS X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Message-ID: <4c0e1a20$10$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> X-Newsreader: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v3.00.11.18 BETA/60 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.103.155.46 X-Trace: sv3-jfskSPmDttnPa/QcES6SRohVmNkC8VMYit9XuCbRP7vSsJI115k9KU5Xsyh14oV5lVwW3s5c5UdtpSJ!ILmz5i0Eb/rHa7cYbR9gHLM3MlepCE4pa2nyD1AHyT3SMh6MFlQGoNdj6sNqoEN1uLUyjt8bWSnq!jl0h7gAKIXSGlaRs4/jvXnJ4xnguO3N6NRQ= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:12490 comp.lang.fortran:26583 comp.lang.pl1:1562 X-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:27:36 UTC (s03-b12.iad) Date: 2010-06-08T06:23:28-04:00 List-Id: In <7plPn.6395$z%6.5719@edtnps83>, on 06/08/2010 at 06:27 AM, "James J. Weinkam" said: >Your point is well taken for machines of the 60's and 70's, >at least for the IBM ones with which I am most familiar. Take anothjer look. >There was a one-to-one correspondence between each of these >mnemonics and their corresponding numerical op codes. How about *these* mnemonics: B, BE, BH, BL, BNE, BNZ, BZ. All expand to the same opcode. Even if you count the condition-code mask as part of the opcode you don't have a 1-1 correspondence. >Nevertheless, it remains true that the assembly language >programmer who knows what he is about has complete control >over the binary code generated, No, the coder who knows what he is about cedes that control to the assembler in the name of maintainability. FOO L R0,BAR(R1) ... BXLE R1,R14,*-666 is far more likely to break when you add code than FOO L R0,BAR(R1) ... BXLE R1,R14,FOO -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT Unsolicited bulk E-mail subject to legal action. I reserve the right to publicly post or ridicule any abusive E-mail. Reply to domain Patriot dot net user shmuel+news to contact me. Do not reply to spamtrap@library.lspace.org