Re: Faulty languages and Liability

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

I might have to look that reference up. I just think it would be instructive
to do some version of "Common C/C++ Error" vs "Can't Happen In Ada Because"
and have that on a web page somewhere.

As for the complex asterisk/paren/ampersand strings of C code - I've seen
that stuff and it usually fills me with an urge to deficate. That a) someone
thought it was a good idea to write it and b) they are allowed near a
computer keyboard and (probably) allowed to vote and drive cars really
scares me. :-) (But if you dare criticize such obfuscations you usually get
the "Well if you were a *COMPETENT* C programmer, it would be intuitively
obvious...")

MDC
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"Wes Groleau" <wesgroleau@despammed.com> wrote in message
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>
> I read the first half of "C Traps and Pitfalls"
> Almost all of them either could not happen in Ada
> or would only happen if you knowingly forced them to.
>
> The best one was more than a page discussing the subtle
> differences between various long strings consisting
> almost entirely of asterisks and parens!!
>
> --
> Wes Groleau
> http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau