Re: ObjectAda and Feb 29th

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article
<Pine.BSF.4.21.0003081348430.8492-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>,
  Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> wrote:

> A better argument would note that the existence of compiler
> bugs implies that few compilers implement any standard, but
> this sort of nitpicking,  while logically correct, is
> unhelpful.

We are talking about stability of the standard here. The fact
that compilers have bugs does not necessarily speak to this.
In some obscure cases, we do tune up the standard to deal with
minor flaws (this is what the ongoing work of the AI's is
about), but these are almost always issues of minimal
importance.

In any case, there is a big difference between compilers having
bugs in obscure features, and a C++ compiler that does not
implement exceptions (a required feature of C++) in a manner
compatible with the standard, not because of any bug, but
because quite deliberately, exceptions have not been
implemented, or have been implemented in a manner different
from that specified in the standard.


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