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,ac9405996d0dcb7f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit From: Brian May Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Would You Fly an Airplane with a Linux-Based Control System? References: <20619edc.0411251028.3e249bf3@posting.google.com> <3193657.BGZLZqeFdM@linux1.krischik.com> <1780586.KJpDkK3SiU@linux1.krischik.com> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 17:52:24 +1100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xjuaFeGIwFyfE6SHIbxpb2vGfcI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: snoopy.microcomaustralia.com.au X-Trace: news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com 1102229521 202.173.153.89 (5 Dec 2004 16:52:01 +1000) X-Complaints-To: abuse@pipenetworks.com X-Abuse-Info: Please forward all headers to enable your complaint to be properly processed. Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6769 Date: 2004-12-05T17:52:24+11:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Preben" == Preben Randhol writes: Preben> Ok now I'm even more confused. Could somebody please Preben> explain why a C program would have worked even with the HW Preben> exception? Wasn't that the argument? That C would work and Preben> Ada would fail? If the program was implemented based on the same specifications for both languages, and hence responded in the same way to error conditions in the same way, then both would have exactly the same problem. Perhaps, though a C programmer would be more likely to ignore an error condition and pretend nothing went wrong? If so, I am not sure this is a good strategy. -- Brian May