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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,873e3ac877e7b6b6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-21 06:32:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.stueberl.de!teaser.fr!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Nuclear Reactors & Blackout Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:36:10 -0700 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1061472694 50156 137.194.161.2 (21 Aug 2003 13:31:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:31:34 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Hyman Rosen'" , Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5329 In-Reply-To: <1061217738.924576@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Thread-Index: AcNlzXP448DszdPYS/2OlYFN6n+A6AAAJbAw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41760 Date: 2003-08-18T15:36:10-07:00 Since Ada is readable, design errors become more apparent. I should also note that, the average C lovers' mentality neither favors clarity nor the highest levels of safety. Bob Leif Robert C. Leif, Ph.D. Email rleif@rleif.com -----Original Message----- From: Hyman Rosen [mailto:hyrosen@mail.com] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 7:42 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Nuclear Reactors & Blackout Robert C. Leif wrote: > I believe that this would be considered a gross design error. > I suspect that it is software. But then why would a gross design error make you a believer in Ada? I could understand that if the C++ code was erroneous you would belive that using Ada would prevent those problems from occurring, but why would Ada prevent the board from applying 10 volts to a servo-amplifier at startup?