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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8c3f76cf9b2829c4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-31 21:50:30 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Robert Dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Duration vs. Ada.Real_Time Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 05:43:25 GMT Organization: Deja.com Message-ID: <95at1s$sf4$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <980495512.529981@edh3> <958ado$kuf$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A782A43.680425AE@acm.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Feb 01 05:43:25 2001 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; U) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x61.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4802 Date: 2001-02-01T05:43:25+00:00 List-Id: In article <3A782A43.680425AE@acm.org>, Marin David Condic 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. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/