From: Dmitry A.Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Overriding discriminants perplexes GNAT 3.14p
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 03:38:00 +0200
Date: 2002-09-24T03:38:00+02:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: amn25l$kmd$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de
Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> Dmitry A.Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> : My point was simple, a wider use gives a better product. The
> : bugs I saw in GNAT would be detected earlier if more software were
> : written in Ada and compiled with GNAT, just a statistical observation.
>
> Maybe. But only if a higher number of program writers uses a
> higher number of all kinds of language features in different
> program contexts.
A wider use assumes that. Bugs in the implementation of protected objects
indicate that nobody ever used them so that these bugs would become
evident. One might argue this probably proves that protected objects are
useless, but I think it is rather because of a very narrow application area
of GNAT.
> As a test for the statistical observation,
> are the popular compilers for other languages better by the
> factor of OtherLanguageProgramAuthors / Ada_Program_Authors?
Such comparison might be illegal for many reasons. Of course a wide use
does not imply a higher quality, somebody should remove that bugs in the
end, but it is a requirement of that. What if I'd say that ACT should have
more money to make GNAT better? Then you could pin me down with an argument
that MS has lot of money and yet ships awful products!
--
Regards,
Dmitry Kazakov
www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2002-09-19 2:32 Overriding discriminants perplexes GNAT 3.14p Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-09-18 16:45 ` Stephen Leake
2002-09-19 21:34 ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-09-19 15:51 ` Stephen Leake
2002-09-20 22:06 ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-09-20 12:29 ` Stephen Leake
2002-09-22 8:43 ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-09-22 13:32 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-09-23 5:41 ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-09-23 12:41 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-09-24 1:38 ` Dmitry A.Kazakov [this message]
2002-09-23 15:33 ` Stephen Leake
2002-09-24 8:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2002-09-19 18:22 ` Adam Beneschan
2002-09-20 22:06 ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-09-20 16:00 ` Adam Beneschan
2002-09-22 8:43 ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-09-23 21:18 ` Adam Beneschan
2002-09-24 9:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2002-09-21 13:01 ` Simon Wright
2002-09-18 16:46 ` Mark Johnson
2002-09-19 21:34 ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-09-19 16:17 ` Stephen Leake
2002-09-19 20:02 ` tmoran
2002-09-20 21:10 ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-09-21 12:56 ` Simon Wright
2002-09-18 16:49 ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-09-19 21:34 ` Dmitry A.Kazakov
2002-09-18 17:17 ` Per Sandbergs
2002-09-19 8:51 ` Thierry Lelegard
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2002-09-19 9:08 Grein, Christoph
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