From: koehnema@ENUXHA.EAS.ASU.EDU (Harry Koehnemann)
Subject: Re: "Ada and C++", from comp.software-eng
Date: 9 May 91 16:19:11 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9105091619.AA11844@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1991May9.061021.1941@netcom.COM
In article <1991May9.061021.1941@netcom.COM> jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter) writes:
>>the bug that brought down the switch which "took out the whole east
>>coast" was related to a C 'switch' statement that was missing a
>>'break'.
>
>If you leave out 'break', that's exactly what happens!
I heard (Software Engineering Notes) that the error was not a forgotten
break, but thatthe programmer was trying to exit the middle of an if
statement by using a break (the fool he was..). That statement (break)
does not work in that manner and it terminated the switch instead.
They didn't forget a break, they used it inappropriately.
For what its worth....
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1991-04-30 13:56 "Ada and C++", from comp.software-eng abdlm
1991-04-30 16:53 ` Matthias Ulrich Neeracher
1991-05-02 15:49 ` barriost
1991-05-09 6:10 ` Jim Showalter
1991-05-09 16:19 ` Harry Koehnemann [this message]
1991-05-06 21:56 ` Ronald T. Crocker
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1991-04-25 18:16 Richard Pattis
1991-04-26 20:28 ` Jim Showalter
1991-04-29 19:32 ` Erik Naggum
1991-05-09 6:01 ` Jim Showalter
1991-05-11 21:40 ` Erik Naggum
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