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=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a00006d3c4735d70 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-06 14:18:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!attbi_s53.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Certified C compilers for safety-critical embedded systems References: <1073421277.906745@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.161.24.134 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s53 1073427537 67.161.24.134 (Tue, 06 Jan 2004 22:18:57 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 22:18:57 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 22:18:57 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4157 Date: 2004-01-06T22:18:57+00:00 List-Id: >And in visual basic, ' begins a comment which extends to end of line. >Your example of single quotes in English demonstrates that its use is >to indicate elided characters, which is not going to carry over to >someone trying to understand Ada. the attribute mark "'" can be interpreted as standing for "'s " Integer'image() Integer's image() X'address X's address A'range A's [index] range (why not A'domain?) ---- "War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement. In war a physical force is created, and it is the executive will to direct it. In war the public treasuries are to be unlocked, and it is the executive hand which is to dispense them, In war the honors and emoluments of office are to be multiplied and it is the executive patronage under which they are to be employed. It is in war finally that laurels are to be gathered, and it is the executive brow they are to encircle. The strongest passions and the most dangerous weakness of the human breast - ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venial love of fame - are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace." James Madison