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From: "Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 21:09:07 -0400
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"Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message
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> I wonder why Ada compilers allow these checks to be turned off, then?

Because design constraints might require it.  Honestly, Hyman, surely you
recognize that a language with automatic checking that may be explicitly
turn off is safer than a language in which programmers must implement checks
themselves.

-CRM