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From: "Frank J. Lhota" <NOSPAM.FrankLho@rcn.com>
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Subject: Re: A case where Ada defaults to unsafe?
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"Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message
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> It occurs to me that there is a case where the opposite seems to
> be true. In C/C++, the && and || binary operators short-circuit,
> evaluating their right operand only if necessary. In Ada, it is
> necessary to specify "and then" and "or else" for this behavior,
> otherwise the order of evaluation of the two sides is unspecified
> if the simple "and" and "or" forms are used.

The situation is quite similar in C/C++; if you use the siumpler & and |
operators, they do not short-circuit. In either C/C++ or Ada, experienced
programmers know what needs to be done in order to get short-circuiting.