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From: kcline17@hotmail.com (Kevin Cline)
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Subject: Re: Language support for  flexible handling of system-detected
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"Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> wrote in message news:<a8hqrv$r83$1@nh.pace.co.uk>...
> What makes you think that there are any 100% error free Ada compilers out
> there? :-) Its impossible to prove that there are no errors in a compiler or
> any other sufficiently complex piece of software. And yes, I've encountered
> errors in every Ada compiler I've ever used. It might be the case that Ada
> compilers - having run through validation - at least fully implement the
> language and do so in a consistent way. 

I wouldn't count on that either.  Validation suites may be incomplete,
particularly for a very large language like Ada.

I found bugs in two validated Ada-83 compilers within a month after
I started using them.