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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!newsfeed.xs3.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!franka.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED.rrsoftware.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada to Ada Translator ? Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 15:07:40 -0500 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: <100ad407-090e-4316-9746-a4469568b53e@googlegroups.com> <477352cf-80d0-458c-b64a-4605557fef8f@googlegroups.com> <36cf3be3-0ab0-48d4-bffa-e49c624e73ff@googlegroups.com> <430790a7-7d0b-4812-b40a-d781cd1dd62d@googlegroups.com> <29eb5a31-64d0-45f3-8c2e-7a715ac8f02d@googlegroups.com> Injection-Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 20:07:40 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: franka.jacob-sparre.dk; posting-host="rrsoftware.com:24.196.82.226"; logging-data="11681"; mail-complaints-to="news@jacob-sparre.dk" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.7246 Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:56372 Date: 2019-05-22T15:07:40-05:00 List-Id: "Optikos" wrote in message news:29eb5a31-64d0-45f3-8c2e-7a715ac8f02d@googlegroups.com... > Functional programming facilitates correctness proofs. ??? Functional programming mostly facilities inefficiency and madness. :-) There's no problem with doing correctness proofs on any sort of code -- that's the sort of thing optimizers have been doing since people invented compilers. Randy.