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=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_LOCAL_HEX, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,7e8cebf09cf80560 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Vinzent Hoefler" <0439279208b62c95f1880bf0f8776eeb@t-domaingrabbing.de> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How would Ariane 5 have behaved if overflow checking were not turned off? Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:37:22 +0100 Message-ID: References: <82d3lsvqw7.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <4d8200cc$0$43837$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net wtM4z6MDhudPecCTDyx1vQ5KAH6zE+8ATaRnqQYfQOK89orq7j Cancel-Lock: sha1:YAxA4KBL+tctVI3Vdo7LbpjeO9k= User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.01 (Win32) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:19259 Date: 2011-03-17T19:37:22+01:00 List-Id: robin wrote: > The remedy could have been as simple as substituting the > largest magnitude integer (with appropriate sign). And if _that_ would have caused the rocket to crash, you would blame the software again and just suggest another fix, I suppose. So, what are you going to do? Reel back your time machine and try again until you found a suitable solution for all kind of problems? Mankind will certainly thank you. Vinzent. -- A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying razors. -- Waldi Ravens