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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,677963b1aa23e668 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!news2.arglkargh.de!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J-P. Rosen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What's stopping you from using Ada for your next commercial project? Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:28:58 +0100 Organization: Adalog Message-ID: References: <7d308b7b-51d7-4c93-85c8-eecb40f843d0@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com> <88bf5879-c58e-4ae1-ad9e-e2b6a48729fe@34g2000pru.googlegroups.com> <80b0754d-b6f2-4861-988e-f76c51f20ed9@t19g2000prd.googlegroups.com> <4d7e4dbd$0$6778$9b4e6d93@newsspool3.arcor-online.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:28:57 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx03.eternal-september.org; posting-host="cJo7kSTQUrCFv2/D8KKtqw"; logging-data="23910"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/uAb85MoLr1ER/vtgXTYom" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Thunderbird/3.1.9 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:JkdLY14YeKn4swlOTX2JweFKBnM= Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18226 Date: 2011-03-15T21:28:58+01:00 List-Id: Le 15/03/2011 15:55, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) a écrit : > Le Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:12:39 +0100, J-P. Rosen a écrit: >>> Ie: 123.456 becomes 123456 and 345.45 becomes 345450. >>> >> Not that simple when it comes to multiplication and division. You need >> to scale the result, and make sure you don't lose accuracy... i.e., do >> all the work that the compiler does for you. > If you know some good on-line papers to read about, please, let me know :) > I can send you a paper version of the corresponding chapter of my PhD thesis (implementation of fixed points in the Ada/Ed compiler). Sorry, it's not on line (it was before the internet era), and in French, but anyone interested can send me an address by private mail. -- --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen (rosen@adalog.fr) Adalog a déménagé / Adalog has moved: 2 rue du Docteur Lombard, 92441 Issy-les-Moulineaux CEDEX Tel: +33 1 45 29 21 52, Fax: +33 1 45 29 25 00