From: nospam.andrew.logue@cdcgy.com (Shifty)
Subject: Re: First time Ada has let me down
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 17:12:22 GMT
Date: 2000-10-26T17:12:22+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8FD97E0EDandrewloguecdcgycom@142.77.1.194> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 39F7AC37.FF6445D@acm.org
jrcarter@acm.org (Jeff Carter) wrote in <39F7AC37.FF6445D@acm.org>:
>Shifty wrote:
>> function Calculate_Ip_Header_Length
>> (Byte_At : in System.Address) return Integer is
>
>It's extremely rare to need to use addresses in all-Ada code except when
>dealing with hardware, even in Ada 83. It generally indicates either a
>poor design or a lack of understanding of the capabilities of the
>language.
>
I couldn't agree more, but in this particular case I'm trying to track down
problems in an Ada TCP/IP stack which was literally translated from C.
It's the absolute worst Ada code I've seen. I've even run across several
goto statements in there.
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-10-25 3:50 First time Ada has let me down Shifty
2000-10-25 0:00 ` First time Ada has let me down (recipe) Guillaume
2000-10-26 2:45 ` Mats Weber
2000-10-25 0:00 ` First time Ada has let me down Larry Kilgallen
2000-10-25 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-25 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-10-25 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-25 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-10-25 0:00 ` Shifty
2000-10-26 4:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-10-26 14:43 ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-26 17:55 ` tmoran
2000-10-26 17:12 ` Shifty [this message]
2000-10-27 1:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-10-26 22:27 ` Guillaume
2000-10-26 21:49 ` Keith Thompson
2000-10-26 14:36 ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-26 17:55 ` tmoran
2000-10-26 23:08 ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-25 0:00 ` wv12
2000-10-25 0:00 ` Gisle Sælensminde
2000-10-25 0:00 ` Joel Seidman
2000-10-25 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-10-26 6:42 ` tmoran
2000-10-25 4:44 ` Julian Morrison
2000-10-25 4:50 ` Ted Dennison
2000-10-24 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-10-26 0:00 ` Andreas Schulz
2000-10-26 18:05 ` Alejandro Villanueva
2000-10-26 21:46 ` Tucker Taft
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