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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul Rubin Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: some trivial questions? Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:14:28 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: <87mv3fdsi3.fsf@nightsong.com> References: <6a5368c5-f015-4dcb-9291-e77b40fa1bf1@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="7545848900ddf3472d52479da6781824"; logging-data="3943"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX197WDvoKmmirIZRcM+ObMdq" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:9ty5EmDGFI8SKq90gyp9iCby4OA= sha1:pNc7hrisymBVjGb46gUhdDa5lLc= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:49045 Date: 2017-11-21T17:14:28-08:00 List-Id: "Randy Brukardt" writes: > Of course, a true proof is hard to do when the rules are primarily modeled > in English as opposed to some formal system. I'm surprised Ada doesn't have a formal semantics. Maybe that's something that should be fixed?