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From: Martin Dowie <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>
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Subject: Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 07:00:05 +0000 (UTC)
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Paul E. Bennett wrote:
> jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ada does not replace rigorous testing or code reviews. It supplements
>>them. Code reviews are extremely helpful. They also consume a lot of
>>time for the development team when they are done well. It is best to
>>remove as many silly errors from the code through automatic analysis
>>before exposing the code to developers for review.
> 
> 
> Thanks for that Jim. At least you seem to have been the first (assumed) 
> Ada user that has admitted that the compiler is not the final arbiter.

I don't know and serious Ada user how _would_ think that!

We also use tools such as PolySpace (www.polyspace.com) and SPARK 
(http://www.praxis-his.com/) at our place.

Cheers

-- Martin