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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f948976d12c7ee33 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-24 06:08:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller.gnilink.net!nwrddc01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030611 Thunderbird/0.1a X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Boeing and Dreamliner References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:08:30 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.84.222.154 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrddc01.gnilink.net 1056460110 162.84.222.154 (Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:08:30 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:08:30 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:39661 Date: 2003-06-24T13:08:30+00:00 List-Id: tmoran@acm.org wrote: > Whoa there! A numerical value out of range is not a buffer overflow in > the languages used on c.l.a. Surely as a programmer you appreciate the > value of precise expression. In cause and effect, the two are precisely the same. The program with the potential buffer overflow works for inputs of a certain size, but fails catastrophically when input exceeds that size. That program is seldom documented with a description of this limit. The Ariane 4 SRI program worked fine for BH in a certain range, but failed catastrophically when input exceeded that range. That range was not documented. Please tell me what you perceive as the meaningful difference between the two cases?