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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,5af5c381381ac5a7 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-15?Q?Yannick_Duch=EAne_=28Hibou57=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada requires too much typing! Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:09:04 +0200 Organization: Ada At Home Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 7g+UIcN0UM67WCCZrTfU2A.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.53 (Win32) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:12200 Date: 2010-06-02T15:09:04+02:00 List-Id: Le Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:30:54 +0200, Luis Espinal = a =E9crit: > The common practice in Java is find a platform or framework (some sort= of > high-level "virtual" OS for lack of a better word.) Then, either write= = > your apps > on it, or develop another platform on top of it (another, more refined= , = > more > business-specific "virtual" OS. So pretty much we (try to) gradually = > refine the > architecture of an application Is it one of the reason why Java is virtual machine based ? is it relate= d = to this process or not ? -- = There is even better than a pragma Assert: a SPARK --# check. --# check C and WhoKnowWhat and YouKnowWho; --# assert Ada; -- i.e. forget about previous premises which leads to conclusion -- and start with new conclusion as premise.