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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,28cd155693714664 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-20 03:50:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!195.54.122.107!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!news01.chello.se!amsnews01.chello.com!news-x2.support.nl!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 08:58:29 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3D0DE5E2.5010904@mail.com> <3D0F8A25.EB1FA77B@despammed.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1024491511 19378 136.170.200.133 (19 Jun 2002 12:58:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Jun 2002 12:58:31 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26469 Date: 2002-06-19T12:58:31+00:00 List-Id: 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 -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Wes Groleau" wrote in message news:3D0F8A25.EB1FA77B@despammed.com... > > 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