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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,beb0b7471c6440e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-20 07:01:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: 'Cyclone', a safer C--reinventing the wheel Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:45:04 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9tdq9i$bc2$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3BFA4095.8325D016@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1006267506 11650 136.170.200.133 (20 Nov 2001 14:45:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Nov 2001 14:45:06 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16720 Date: 2001-11-20T14:45:06+00:00 List-Id: In CS we seem to often see people rediscovering something and declaring it a major breakthrough. Maybe they add a few new twists, but its still fundamentally the same as something else. Witness Java thinking it invented a virtual machine. How old is p-code? And I remember doing essentially that back in college before p-code was invented. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Marc A. Criley" wrote in message news:3BFA4095.8325D016@earthlink.net... > So now scientists at Cornell have come up with a "a new computer > language designed to avoid unforeseen programming errors". > > How? "The Cyclone compiler identifies segments of code that could > eventually cause such problems using a 'type-checking engine'. This > does not just look for specific strings of code, but analyses the code's > purpose and singles out conflicts known to be potentially dangerous."