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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Ada Core Technologies and Ada95 Standards
Date: 1996/04/03
Date: 1996-04-03T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.828579669@schonberg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3160A82A.49AB@mcs.com

"I don't see the connection... Are you saying validation is
happen-stance, that the brightest minds can't come up with a test suite
to test all expected behavior? Your "test" seems reasonable enough to
validate that integer var's are initialized to zero by default; ehhh, at
least the few times you ran the test case...
"

what an odd statement ...

of COURSE is impossible to "test all expected behavior" in any complex
program. anyone who thinks otherwise is suffering from serious delusions,
and I trust they never have to write a program that I have to rely on.

As for my test showing that integer variables are initailized to zero
by default, it CANNOT POSSIBLY SHOW THIS!!!

Even if you run it 1,000,000 times, the 1,000,001 time can disagree,
and of course since integer variables are NOT required to be initialized
in Ada to zero or anything else, this is perfectly legitimate behavior.
That is the point of the example.

Maybe a :-) was missing from your message??





  reply	other threads:[~1996-04-03  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-03-25  0:00 Ada Core Technologies and Ada95 Standards Kenneth Mays
1996-03-25  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-03-28  0:00   ` John McCabe
1996-03-28  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-03-29  0:00       ` John McCabe
1996-03-29  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-01  0:00           ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-01  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-02  0:00               ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-02  0:00                 ` John McCabe
1996-04-02  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-03  0:00                     ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-04  0:00                       ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-04  0:00                         ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-05  0:00                           ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-10  0:00                             ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-02  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
1996-04-10  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-10  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-12  0:00                     ` Philip Brashear
1996-04-12  0:00                       ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-15  0:00                     ` Tiring Arguments Around (not about) Two Questions Ken Garlington
1996-04-15  0:00                       ` Gary McKee
1996-04-16  0:00                         ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-17  0:00                       ` Kenneth Almquist
1996-04-18  0:00                     ` Ada Core Technologies and Ada95 Standards John McCabe
1996-04-19  0:00                       ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-22  0:00                         ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-22  0:00                         ` John McCabe
1996-04-23  0:00                           ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-24  0:00                             ` John McCabe
1996-04-24  0:00                               ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-26  0:00                                 ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-26  0:00                                 ` John McCabe
1996-04-26  0:00                                 ` John McCabe
1996-04-25  0:00                               ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-24  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-26  0:00                               ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-24  0:00                           ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-26  0:00                             ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-27  0:00                               ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-15  0:00                   ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-16  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-16  0:00                       ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-16  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-02  0:00               ` John McCabe
1996-04-02  0:00             ` John McCabe
1996-04-02  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1996-04-16  0:00                 ` John McCabe
1996-04-16  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-22  0:00                     ` John McCabe
1996-04-23  0:00                       ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-24  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-26  0:00                           ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-27  0:00                             ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-29  0:00                               ` Cordes MJ
1996-04-29  0:00                                 ` Robert Dewar
1996-05-06  0:00                                   ` John McCabe
1996-05-06  0:00                                     ` Robert Dewar
1996-05-08  0:00                                       ` John McCabe
1996-05-08  0:00                                         ` TARTAN and TI Tom Robinson
1996-05-09  0:00                                           ` Arthur Evans Jr
     [not found]                                         ` <Dr46LG.2FF@world.std.com>
1996-05-09  0:00                                           ` Ada Core Technologies and Ada95 Standards John McCabe
1996-05-07  0:00                                     ` Mike Cordes
1996-05-07  0:00                                     ` Mike Cordes
1996-04-10  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-15  0:00               ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-16  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-16  0:00                   ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-16  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-18  0:00                       ` Ken Garlington
1996-03-31  0:00         ` Geert Bosch
1996-04-01  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-01  0:00             ` Mike Young
1996-04-03  0:00               ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1996-03-29  0:00   ` steved
1996-03-29  0:00     ` Applet Magic works great, sort of Bob Crispen
1996-03-29  0:00   ` Vince Del Vecchio
1996-04-03  0:00   ` Ada Core Technologies and Ada95 Standards Robert I. Eachus
1996-04-03  0:00   ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-04  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-04  0:00       ` John McCabe
1996-04-05  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-06  0:00           ` Ada validation is virtually worthless Raj Thomas
1996-04-06  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-08  0:00               ` Arthur Evans Jr
1996-04-07  0:00           ` Ada Core Technologies and Ada95 Standards John McCabe
1996-04-05  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-04-10  0:00     ` Cordes MJ
1996-04-10  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-15  0:00         ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-16  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-16  0:00             ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-16  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-11  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-04-11  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-04-19  0:00   ` Laurent Guerby
1996-04-25  0:00   ` Tiring Arguments Around (not about) Two Questions [VERY LONG] Laurent Guerby
1996-04-26  0:00   ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-29  0:00     ` Philip Brashear
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-04-01  0:00 Ada Core Technologies and Ada95 Standards Simon Johnston
1996-04-24  0:00 W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1996-04-25  0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-04-25  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-04-25  0:00   ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-04-29  0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
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