From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Duration vs. Ada.Real_Time
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 05:43:25 GMT
Date: 2001-02-01T05:43:25+00:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: 3A782A43.680425AE@acm.org
In article <3A782A43.680425AE@acm.org>,
Marin David Condic <mcondic.auntie.spam@acm.org> wrote:
> I just think it would be misleading if a compiler says that
> 'Small is going to be 0.000_000_000_000_000_001 and this has
> no relationship whatsoever to what the actual hardware/OS is
> really capable of.
This would only mislead someone who thinks there should be a
relationship between the two. Since the RM does not give any
hint that such a relationship is required or desirable, no one
should be under this impression, and thus no one should be
misled who clearly understands the language.
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2001-01-26 15:30 ` Duration vs. Ada.Real_Time Robert Dewar
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2001-01-26 15:33 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-26 20:58 ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-26 21:32 ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-27 5:01 ` Keith Thompson
2001-01-27 14:40 ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-27 14:34 ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-28 0:18 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-29 14:54 ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-29 18:40 ` Marin David Condic
2001-02-08 3:32 ` Buz Cory
2001-02-08 15:34 ` Marin David Condic
2001-02-10 3:08 ` Steve Whalen
2001-01-28 0:13 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-29 14:02 ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-30 14:33 ` Stephen Leake
2001-01-31 14:55 ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-31 16:03 ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-31 19:16 ` Marin David Condic
2001-01-31 20:53 ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-31 21:30 ` tmoran
2001-01-31 21:47 ` Marin David Condic
2001-02-01 14:18 ` Ted Dennison
2001-01-28 19:32 ` Simon Wright
2001-01-31 6:13 ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-31 15:07 ` Marin David Condic
2001-02-01 5:43 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2001-01-31 5:51 Christoph Grein
2001-02-01 6:27 ` Simon Wright
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