From: seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach)
Subject: Re: ANSI C and POSIX (was Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada)
Date: 1996/04/22
Date: 1996-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4lgdcu$lf5@solutions.solon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4lgaeq$l1g@galaxy.ucr.edu
In article <4lgaeq$l1g@galaxy.ucr.edu>, Tom Payne <thp@cs.ucr.edu> wrote:
>Granted, if its an embedded controller in a life-support system, I'd
>like every routine to make every effort to muddle through even in the
>presence of bizarre hardware faults, etc. In general programs, however,
>I'd like them to crash as soon as possible when something is wrong, and
>for that reason I've gone back to the i != 10 style for upper limits
>on for-loops.
But that means it will keep going, possibly for a long time.
Better to assert or print warnings. (I am a great fan of debugging messages;
many of my programs will cheerfully produce a megabyte or minute or more of
warnings and traces from normal operation. A lifesaver when something goes
wrong.)
-s
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1996-04-12 0:00 ANSI C and POSIX (was Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada) Chuck Karish
1996-04-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-20 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-21 0:00 ` Danette & Murray Root
1996-04-23 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-21 0:00 ` Mike Rubenstein
1996-04-22 0:00 ` Tom Payne
1996-04-22 0:00 ` Peter Seebach [this message]
[not found] <JSA.96Feb16135027@organon.com>
1996-03-26 0:00 ` C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada Ed Falis
1996-03-28 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1996-03-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-04-01 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1996-04-02 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-02 0:00 ` ANSI C and POSIX (was Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada) David Emery
1996-04-02 0:00 ` The Right Reverend Colin James III
1996-04-03 0:00 ` Bill Clinton
1996-04-03 0:00 ` David Emery
1996-04-03 0:00 ` The Right Reverend Colin James III
1996-04-04 0:00 ` Dan Pop
1996-04-04 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-05 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-06 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-16 0:00 ` Philip Brashear
1996-04-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Chuck Karish
1996-04-05 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-06 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-07 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-10 0:00 ` halvin
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-11 0:00 ` Dan Pop
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Chuck Karish
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Chuck Karish
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-13 0:00 ` Chuck Karish
1996-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-13 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-14 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-15 0:00 ` Chuck Karish
1996-04-15 0:00 ` Chuck Karish
1996-04-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-16 0:00 ` Chuck Karish
1996-04-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Chuck Karish
1996-04-11 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Tom Griest
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Chuck Karish
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-13 0:00 ` Chuck Karish
1996-04-13 0:00 ` David Emery
1996-04-22 0:00 ` Mike McCarty
1996-04-22 0:00 ` David Emery
1996-04-05 0:00 ` David Emery
1996-04-06 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-06 0:00 ` Dan Pop
1996-04-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-07 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Szu-Wen Huang
1996-04-08 0:00 ` James McIninch
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Szu-Wen Huang
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-20 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-04-20 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-11 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-23 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Mike Shannon
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-11 0:00 ` Tom Wheeley
1996-04-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-11 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Tom Wheeley
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-13 0:00 ` Chuck Karish
1996-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-19 0:00 ` David Emery
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-22 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-23 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-04-20 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-23 0:00 ` Bradd W. Szonye
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-25 0:00 ` BLUE
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Kenneth Mays
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Tom Payne
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-11 0:00 ` Tom Wheeley
1996-04-11 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-13 0:00 ` Tom Wheeley
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Steve Summit
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-10 0:00 ` David Emery
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-10 0:00 ` John Marshall
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Steve Tynor
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Chet
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Tom Watson
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Dr S.J. Harris
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-12 0:00 ` Gareth Rees
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Tom Payne
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Matt Austern
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-07 0:00 ` Dan Pop
1996-04-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-07 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-08 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Dan Pop
1996-04-09 0:00 ` James McIninch
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Dan Pop
1996-04-09 0:00 ` Danette & Murray Root
1996-04-11 0:00 ` Tom Wheeley
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