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-Thread: 103376,a88e582de42cdc9b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:55:21 -0600 From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Bug in Ada (SuSe 10.2) ? References: <48277611-402f-4622-be05-6edddf6dd56a@o10g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:55:21 -0600 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.202.183.17 X-Trace: sv3-0f1oO7amrH5bcFFb+vT1LK4xlX/MT1tz2nXyD4fjIRQfVQt7/+djrB/yBpIzFQgVw8aJ+p9whhNgQlD!Rc6gohfrCZxiPBYS+SYMhYscjRbO6F/uaJDptTp/4Juf4fZDOF2c+2h3bMsMPrFpOFNKYiiCv1QL!MW+GokA673jLX6mQEHC7CxXLD799aw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.37 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19933 Date: 2008-02-20T18:55:21-06:00 List-Id: > > 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.