From: Samuel Mize <smize@imagin.net>
Subject: Re: Ada and Java. different behaviour. casting long to int problem.
Date: 1999/06/17
Date: 1999-06-17T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7kbaoc$1588@news2.newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 376906CF.109EEF55@pwfl.com
Marin David Condic <condicma@bogon.pwfl.com> wrote:
> Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote:
...
>> You can't blame the language for doing exactly what was in the
>> specification; the specifications were wrong.
...
> IMHO, the *real* problem was not
> anything to do with language features - it was a fundamental management
> problem.
All true.
However, the original poster's point was simply that raising an
exception on overflow won't necessarily save the day, or result
in a safer program.
Unfortunately, referring to Ariane on comp.lang.ada is like referring
to "Hitler" in other news groups...
Best,
Sam Mize
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1999-06-12 0:00 Ada and Java. different behaviour. casting long to int problem nabbasi
1999-06-12 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-06-12 0:00 ` PPAATT
1999-06-12 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-06-12 0:00 ` kirck
1999-06-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-12 0:00 ` Fred
1999-06-14 0:00 ` Mark Hood
1999-06-15 0:00 ` mike
1999-06-15 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-06-15 0:00 ` jerry
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-06-16 0:00 ` jerry
1999-06-15 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-16 0:00 ` George W. Bayles
1999-06-16 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-06-15 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-15 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-06-15 0:00 ` rich
1999-06-15 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-06-15 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-06-15 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-15 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-15 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-06-16 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-16 0:00 ` bill
1999-06-16 0:00 ` George W. Bayles
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Chris Dollin
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-06-17 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-06-18 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-06-18 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-06-18 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-06-18 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-06-16 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-16 0:00 ` kirk
1999-06-16 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-06-17 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-17 0:00 ` john
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-06-18 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Samuel Mize [this message]
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-22 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-22 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-24 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-06-24 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-18 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-17 0:00 ` bob
1999-06-18 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-18 0:00 ` mike
1999-06-18 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-19 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-06-21 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-19 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-06-21 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-21 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-20 0:00 ` Sera Hirasuna
1999-06-19 0:00 ` Kio
1999-06-20 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-21 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1999-06-22 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-06-22 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-06-21 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-16 0:00 ` George W. Bayles
1999-06-16 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-06-17 0:00 ` George W. Bayles
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-06-17 0:00 ` bob
1999-06-16 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-06-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Roedy Green
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-06-24 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-06-24 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-15 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Mark Hood
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-06-17 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-06-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-14 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-06-30 0:00 ` John Merryweather Cooper
1999-07-01 0:00 ` Chad R. Meiners
1999-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-07-02 0:00 ` John Merryweather Cooper
1999-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-12 0:00 ` nabbasi
1999-06-12 0:00 ` jerry
1999-06-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-14 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
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