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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,345a8b767542016e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-18 09:00:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!elk.ncren.net!nntp.upenn.edu!msunews!not-for-mail From: "Chad R. Meiners" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: memory leakages with Ada? Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 11:54:37 -0500 Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: References: <3c90af1e@news.starhub.net.sg> <3c91bfa3.1987537@news.demon.co.uk> <3C921A81.9060708@mail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: schubert.cse.msu.edu X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21413 Date: 2002-03-18T11:54:37-05:00 List-Id: "Kevin Cline" wrote in message news:dcfe911f.0203172009.76c72def@posting.google.com... > > Why wouldn't I use one of the many fine generic implementations > already available? I hope this is a gentle reponse ;-) You made an absolute statement about good programmers. Absolute statements which are not true are easy to disprove since all you need is one case where the absolute does not hold. I was trying to get to you to stop making absolute statements without first going through some amount of reasoning about whether or not they hold. I did this by kindly pointing out flaws in your argument. Instead of accepting that your absolute assertion does not hold you ask why would anyone care about this case (one obvious reason is that it disproves your assertion ;-). This simply is not an acceptable method of arguing. -CRM