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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-11 16:55:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.1.2418 Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died) From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: References: <9fa75d42.0304230424.10612b1a@posting.google.com> <416273D61ACF7FEF.82C1D1AC17296926.FF0BFD4934A03813@lp.airnews.net> <9fa75d42.0305010621.55e99deb@posting.google.com> <0-WcnWfafqsNpiyjXTWcqw@gbronline.com> <1051804573.732603@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3EBE9BD4.1050008@attbi.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 00:54:44 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.195.75.181 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk X-Trace: news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk 1052697343 80.195.75.181 (Sun, 11 May 2003 23:55:43 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 23:55:43 GMT Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37210 Date: 2003-05-12T00:54:44+01:00 List-Id: On 12/5/03 00:43, in article ReBva.27$hX1.18@nwrdny01.gnilink.net, "Hyman Rosen" wrote: > John R. Strohm wrote: >> Let's see, are you saying we shouldn't eliminate the simple problems because >> we can't eliminate the hard problems at the same time? > > No. But there very often seems to be a lack of acknowledgement of the > hard problems. The impression I get from the Ada folks very often is > that Ada will give you error-free code, or at the very least, errors > will be detected and reported. Hyman, this a straw man; and you know it. -- Bill-Findlay chez blue-yonder.co.uk ("-" => "")