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Keith Thompson wrote:

> One of the biggest advantages of Ada over C is that it has far fewer
> instances of undefined behavior.  An advantage of C over Ada is that
> it uses the straightforward term "undefined behavior" rather than
> "erroneous execution".

No, no, you are thinking of Ada 83.  In the brave new world of Ada 95, 
we have "bounded errors" as well. ;-)  I don't think I have ever seen 
any difference in practice, but apparently it makes some users more 
comfortable.

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