From: Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Ada and Java. different behaviour. casting long to int problem.
Date: 1999/06/23
Date: 1999-06-22T19:33:45-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7kpa19$407@dfw-ixnews12.ix.netcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37700CFC.94862F1C@mitre.org
In article <37700CFC.94862F1C@mitre.org>,
"Robert I. Eachus" <eachus@mitre.org> wrote:
>"Samuel T. Harris" wrote:
>
>> As has been said in this thread a couple of times, no feature
>> of the language was at fault either by it usage or by is
>> avoidance. The analysis, design, and implementation were all
>> based on the Ariane 4 flight trajectory and performance
>> characteristics. The practices employed are common and accepted
>> within the industry performed with due diligence as applied
>> to the Ariane 4. The problem was simply one of not reverifying
>> reused code in a new situation.
>
> Amen! Perfect software is no longer perfect if used outside its
>design envelope.
This reminds me of the pharmaceutical example. Someone goes to a
lot of trouble to create a medicine that cures some condition. The
doctor gives this perfectly good therapy to someone for whom it is
contraindicated. The patient dies. Arianne 4 software was apparently
contraindicated for Arianne 5.
Richard Riehle
richard@adaworks.com
http://www.adaworks.com
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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 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-15 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-06-15 0:00 ` rich
1999-06-15 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
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 ` bill
1999-06-16 0:00 ` George W. Bayles
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
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
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Chris Dollin
1999-07-20 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-06-16 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-16 0:00 ` George W. Bayles
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
1999-06-16 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
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 ` 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
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 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-06-22 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle [this message]
1999-06-21 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-16 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-06-17 0:00 ` john
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-06-18 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-06-17 0:00 ` D'Arcy Smith
1999-06-17 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
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 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-24 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-06-23 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
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
1999-06-16 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
1999-06-15 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 ` Samuel Mize
1999-06-15 0:00 ` jerry
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-06-16 0:00 ` jerry
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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