From: tmoran@acm.org
Subject: Re: Bug in Ada (SuSe 10.2) ?
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:55:21 -0600
Date: 2008-02-20T18:55:21-06:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: 48277611-402f-4622-be05-6edddf6dd56a@o10g2000hsf.googlegroups.com
> > The simple explanation is that GNAT, by default, is not an Ada compiler.
> will not be an Ada compiler until they finally get the Last Bug out,
Technically it's an Ada compiler if and only if it passes the
validation tests, and the default Gnat therefore isn't an Ada compiler,
and shouldn't be advertised as one. If it its bugs were sufficiently
obscure they are not detected by the validation tests, then it would be an
Ada compiler.
More importantly, how many times have we seen postings here from people
new to Ada saying "I heard about Ada, this supposedly highly safe
language, but it doesn't even catch an overflow, though the manual claims
it does."? vs How many times have people new to Ada posted messages
asking about some obscure compiler bug they've stumbled across.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-21 0:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-19 8:47 Bug in Ada (SuSe 10.2) ? Reinert Korsnes
2008-02-19 9:08 ` Niklas Holsti
2008-02-19 9:53 ` Reinert Korsnes
2008-02-19 11:21 ` Ludovic Brenta
2008-02-20 12:41 ` Reinert Korsnes
2008-02-20 16:50 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-02-20 18:31 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-02-20 23:10 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-02-20 23:22 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-02-21 0:31 ` Randy Brukardt
2008-02-21 8:56 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2008-02-21 9:08 ` Alex R. Mosteo
2008-02-21 9:27 ` Ludovic Brenta
2008-02-21 9:46 ` billjones6789
2008-02-21 12:27 ` Access type (mis)use (Was: Bug in Ada (SuSe 10.2) ?) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2008-02-21 19:40 ` Bob Klungle
2008-02-21 21:25 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-02-21 21:57 ` Vadim Godunko
2008-02-21 22:32 ` Bug in Ada (SuSe 10.2) ? Randy Brukardt
2008-02-22 16:10 ` billjones6789
2008-02-22 19:21 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-02-22 21:29 ` Vadim Godunko
2008-02-22 21:39 ` Robert A Duff
2008-02-23 10:16 ` billjones6789
2008-02-22 19:52 ` Randy Brukardt
2008-02-23 10:36 ` billjones6789
2008-02-26 0:32 ` Randy Brukardt
2008-02-26 16:46 ` billjones6789
2008-02-26 20:53 ` Randy Brukardt
2008-02-27 1:05 ` Robert A Duff
2008-02-27 10:06 ` billjones6789
2008-02-27 17:49 ` Robert A Duff
2008-02-28 0:30 ` Randy Brukardt
2008-02-28 15:33 ` Robert A Duff
2008-03-06 17:46 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-02-21 0:31 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-02-21 0:35 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-03-06 11:55 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2008-02-21 0:55 ` tmoran [this message]
2008-02-21 8:08 ` billjones6789
2008-02-21 9:11 ` Alex R. Mosteo
2008-02-21 23:01 ` Randy Brukardt
2008-02-22 16:43 ` Adam Beneschan
2008-02-22 9:06 ` Stephen Leake
2008-02-22 5:40 ` Gautier
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