From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Building blocks (Was: Design By Contract)
Date: 1997/09/14
Date: 1997-09-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.874254840@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: r4SB1eAyTZG0Iw2+@treetop.demon.co.uk
<<If I understand you correctly, the Ada exception mechanism looks like it
does because that was how the designers designed it. My original point
was that the Eiffel mechanism looks like it does because the theory of
software contracting required it to work that way.>>
No, that is completely wrong, and if you want to find out why you are
wrong, you should read the Ada Rationale.
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Thread overview: 132+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-08-21 0:00 Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!) aek
[not found] ` <33FC66AD.9A0799D4@calfp.co.uk>
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-08-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
[not found] ` <33FFA4B1.3543@flash.net>
1997-08-26 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
[not found] ` <3403940F.4154@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>
[not found] ` <349224633wnr@eiffel.demon.co.uk>
1997-08-27 0:00 ` Design by Contract Robert Dewar
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-08-27 0:00 ` Design By Contract Ted Velkoff
[not found] ` <5u3c6v$gtf$2@miranda.gmrc.gecm.com>
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
[not found] ` <34058808.3BF@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Darren New
[not found] ` <JSA.97Aug27180328@alexandria.organon.com>
1997-08-28 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Don Harrison
[not found] ` <EFM140.Fy9@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <EFqDw0.3x7@ecf.toronto.edu>
[not found] ` <JSA.97Aug30145354@alexandria.organon.com>
1997-09-01 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <EFqE8L.4Eq@ecf.toronto.edu>
[not found] ` <JSA.97Aug30145058@alexandria.organon.com>
1997-09-01 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Don Harrison
[not found] ` <JSA.97Sep3201329@alexandria.organon.com>
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
[not found] ` <5un58u$9ih$1@gonzo.sun3.iaf.nl>
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Building blocks (Was: Design By Contract) Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-09 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Darren New
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-15 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
[not found] ` <EFzLn7.481@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Design By Contract Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <EFz0pD.E6n@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-09-05 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-05 0:00 ` subjectivity W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-05 0:00 ` subjectivity Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
1997-09-12 0:00 ` subjectivity Jon S Anthony
1997-09-16 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
1997-09-16 0:00 ` subjectivity Jon S Anthony
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-11 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
[not found] ` <JSA.97Sep4172912@alexandria.organon.com>
[not found] ` <EG0oz8.F6M@syd.csa.com.au>
[not found] ` <EG0rp7.GtL@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Design By Contract Matthew Heaney
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <3406BEF7.2FC3@flash.net>
[not found] ` <3406E0F7.6FF7ED99@calfp.co.uk>
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!) Ken Garlington
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1997-09-09 0:00 Building blocks (Was: Design By Contract) Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-09 0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-15 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-18 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
[not found] ` <11861963wnr@eiffel.demon.co.uk>
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-10-03 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-10-14 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-24 0:00 ` Alan E & Carmel J Brain
1997-09-25 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Alan E & Carmel J Brain
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Neil Wilson
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-30 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Alan E & Carmel J Brain
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Paul M Gover
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-16 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-10-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-10-16 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Reimer Behrends
1997-10-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-10-02 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-10-02 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-03 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-24 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-09-11 0:00 Robert Dewar
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