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: 103376,7e8cebf09cf80560 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.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: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:42:30 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4d80b140$0$43832$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4d81491c$0$43833$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4d8475d7$0$43834$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 StjUqVxBdbow+nX5mu8+sQJgXu5p1qYEX+7p6qu0CEZR/TgjvN Cancel-Lock: sha1:V6YNBIGtpql9eC93oCHFIQedyS8= User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.01 (Win32) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18324 Date: 2011-03-20T11:42:30+01:00 List-Id: robin wrote: > Alex R. Mosteo wrote in message ... > >> IIRC there was the extra factor of limited CPU budget; not checking this >> conversion (that, again, for Ariane IV would mean a hardware error) would be >> even more justified. > > I don't recall seeing anything about that. |It has been stated to the Board that not all conversions were protected because a |maximum workload target of 80% had been set for the SRI computer. > In any case it would be irrelevant. Right, requirements are completely irrelevant. Nice try. Vinzent. -- A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying razors. -- Waldi Ravens