From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: C compiler warnings
Date: 4 Dec 2006 22:24:24 -0600
Date: 2006-12-04T22:24:24-06:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5jyg1wH2LcoF@eisner.encompasserve.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: sa4hcwbrxr2.fsf@margay.local
In article <sa4hcwbrxr2.fsf@margay.local>, Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au> writes:
> This story, while not strictly related to Ada, might interest some
> people here. It seems to show that while Ada is going in one direction
> (strict compiler checking of code), C is going in the opposite
> direction (assume the developer knows what he/she is doing).
The quote does not say "C" is going in the opposite direction from Ada.
It shows at most that a particular implementation of "C" is going that
way. The HP (nee Compaq (nee DEC)) C compiler on VMS has been steadily
getting more and more checks added to find programmer errors. Of course
it can never do so much as an Ada compiler, but it is not the case that
all C compilers are decreasing their level of checking.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-05 4:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-05 0:29 C compiler warnings Brian May
2006-12-05 4:24 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
2006-12-05 19:41 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-12-05 20:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-06 15:03 ` Maciej Sobczak
2006-12-06 16:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-06 16:13 ` Maciej Sobczak
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