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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.168.114 with SMTP id zv18mr11115895obb.3.1422126500434; Sat, 24 Jan 2015 11:08:20 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.83.201 with SMTP id j67mr66203qgd.39.1422126500398; Sat, 24 Jan 2015 11:08:20 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newspeer1.nac.net!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!hl2no1840170igb.0!news-out.google.com!q4ni3qan.0!nntp.google.com!bm13no2753178qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 11:08:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87mw599f8r.fsf@adacore.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=83.99.113.5; posting-account=sDyr7QoAAAA7hiaifqt-gaKY2K7OZ8RQ NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.99.113.5 References: <713608f7-d46e-4b73-a34e-552d1b978d2c@googlegroups.com> <01fc779f-e274-4515-a88f-144d515d323f@googlegroups.com> <3fa7d4c4-f9fe-4d00-9034-a348802087a9@googlegroups.com> <87mw599f8r.fsf@adacore.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Strange error From: Laurent Injection-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 19:08:20 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:24727 Date: 2015-01-24T11:08:20-08:00 List-Id: On Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 1:47:06 AM UTC+1, Bob Duff wrote: > So draw a doubly-linked list on paper, with circles and arrows. > Go through each procedure and "execute" it by hand, erasing the > arrows and drawing new ones. Take care to execute what you wrote, > not what you meant to write. Bugs like the one mentioned will > usually become obvious. > > - Bob Yes that one I know. If I am not able to get it right on a sheet of paper it is of no use to begin coding. That was one of the first comments in the initiation course to programming I followed. And the guy was/is right. Laurent