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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-02 11:22:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.functional Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of Message-ID: References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <87n15lxzzv.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <3B672322.B5EA1B66@home.com> <3B683D3C.860BAE0A@silver.jhuapl.edu> <65bd5935.0108020356.16c61e15@posting.google.com> <3B698522.EEE2A1F9@silver.jhuapl.edu> Organization: LJK Software Date: 2 Aug 2001 14:21:50 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 996776513 216.44.122.34 (Thu, 02 Aug 2001 18:21:53 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 18:21:53 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11117 comp.lang.c:71702 comp.lang.c++:79424 comp.lang.functional:7212 Date: 2001-08-02T14:21:50-05:00 List-Id: In article <3B698522.EEE2A1F9@silver.jhuapl.edu>, Scott Ingram writes: > Beelsebob wrote: >> >> [origional message] >> >> So your point is that you can use a buggy microsoft implementation of >> C++ to write a virus. >> >> Now then let me see... oh yes, you can use Ada (not even a buggy >> implementation of it) to cause the Arian 5 rocket to try and turn >> round in mid flight, and disintegrate into many tinny little burrning >> pieces..... > > My point exactly. Ada will do what you tell it to do: including > telling an Ariane 5 to fly like an Ariane 4, even though it can't > possibly do that. That has the advantage that at least you can blame the failure on management :-)