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=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,CTE_8BIT_MISMATCH, FREEMAIL_FROM,HELO_NO_DOMAIN,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT,RDNS_NONE,SPOOFED_FREEMAIL_NO_RDNS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-07 07:46:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet!isdnet!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Gautier Write-only-address" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 14:45:48 +0000 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 997195617 853 137.194.161.2 (7 Aug 2001 14:46:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:46:57 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Return-Path: X-Originating-IP: [194.40.39.50] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Aug 2001 14:45:48.0244 (UTC) FILETIME=[A57DB140:01C11F4F] Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11504 Date: 2001-08-07T14:45:48+00:00 Marin: >Otherwise, Ada is a general purpose language like C or C++ & I'm not sure >I'd agree that there is some problem space addressed by C or C++ that isn't >fit for Ada as well. That's why I'm curious about where you think it >doesn't >fit well. I'm also curious, because that language unexpectedly fits well in areas that its noisiest advocates have never touched! ________________________________________________________ Gautier -- http://www.mysunrise.ch/users/gdm/gsoft.htm NB: Do not answer to sender address, visit the Web site! Ne r�pondez pas � l'exp�diteur, visitez le site ouaibe! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp