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,e6a2e4a4c0d7d8a6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-21 10:17:22 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!proxad.net!freenix!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Lionel.DRAGHI@fr.thalesgroup.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: status of PL/I as a viable language Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:17:16 +0100 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: Reply-To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1045851408 14916 137.194.161.2 (21 Feb 2003 18:16:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:16:48 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Return-Path: X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1 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:34359 Date: 2003-02-21T19:17:16+01:00 | -----Message d'origine----- | De: Hyman Rosen [mailto:hyrosen@mail.com] ... | | And so is this an illustration of how Ada would have helped, | or an illustration of how Ada would not have helped? Had Ada | code raised a numeric error at the overflow, would that have | caused the missile to engage its target properly? | Ada would have possibly helped by raising an obvious exception during tests, so that the software would have being fixed before flying. No one think Ada is magic enough to prevent from all complex bugs, but it's the cheapest way to reach some quality level. Lionel Draghi