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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,5bc4be576204aa20 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr11.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Buffer overflow Article - CACM X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.129.220.59 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr11.news.prodigy.com 1131979221 ST000 71.129.220.59 (Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:40:21 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:40:21 EST Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: FKPGW^WETZSMB_DX]BCBNWX@RJ_XPDLMN@GZ_GYO^ZUDUWYAKVUOPCW[ML\JXUCKVFDYZKBMSFX^OMSAFNTINTDDMVW[X\THOPXZRVOCJTUTPC\_JSBVX\KAOTBAJBVMZTYAKMNLDI_MFDSSOLXINH__FS^\WQGHGI^C@E[A_CF\AQLDQ\BTMPLDFNVUQ_VM Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:40:21 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6377 Date: 2005-11-14T14:40:21+00:00 List-Id: "Stephen Leake" wrote in message news:uiruwwo04.fsf@acm.org... > > I hope you wrote to the editor of CACM pointing out this flaw in the > article. It is up to the editor to ensure that articles are fair and > balanced! And they won't know there's a problem if nobody tells them. > I did not contact CACM. Rather, I contacted the principal author and informed him about this thread. Perhaps he, or one of the other authors will find the time to post a note in this forum. > Further, given that their complaint was primarily focused on the languages they do know instead of those they don't, I think the article is well-reasoned. The problem, as I see it, is that so many academics spend so much time solving problems while existing solutions are either ignored or unknown to them. > > There have been similar problems with articles in Dr Dobbs; the editor > has been quite gracious when I point them out. We'll have to see if > that translates into more balanced coverage in the future ... > The editor of Dr. Dobbs has a long-standing invitation for articles that describe, in depth and in detail, problems that have been solved in Ada that could not have been just as easily solved in some other language. Further, if someone wants to write an article about Ada 2005, I think Dr. Dobbs will print it -- given that it is a well-written article. > Richard Riehle