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: 103376,3d6589e7b2c60444 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-10 21:35:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!msunews!not-for-mail From: "Chad R. Meiners" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: employment with ada Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 00:25:32 -0400 Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: References: <626e8ae.0305011636.5e899da3@posting.google.com> <4mo7bvc2n70k6eikm3muu2965nbo3m77ov@4ax.com> <3EB415CB.6D97B14D@adaworks.com> <6Mcta.37135$D%4.20715@nwrdny03.gnilink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: arctic.cse.msu.edu X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37172 Date: 2003-05-11T00:25:32-04:00 List-Id: "Hyman Rosen" wrote in message news:ivjva.13622$rV2.3029@nwrdny01.gnilink.net... > I wouldn't call it "information" if it's the PDF slide show that we're > talking about. If MISRA-C were a person, then it would be an ad hominem > attack - there's a lot of name calling, but no information about actual > problems. It's just the usual C-hating screed. I was thinking the links, but C/C++ are unsuitable for practical formal analysis. Formal analysis was the context of the pdf slides so the attack on C is not an ad hominem type attack. This would not be the case if a similar claim was made for not using C to write a text adventure game. To be fair to the slides they did give some reasons (ambiguity, and non-standardizable tools).