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: 103376,8623fab5750cd6aa X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics References: <40b9c99e$0$268$edfadb0f@dread16.news.tele.dk> <04udnR-eHNChzSbdRVn-vw@gbronline.com> <7J0xc.7371$8k4.269106@news20.bellglobal.com> <1086630278.542788@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <8xlxc.27603$sS2.845496@news20.bellglobal.com> <1086715817.122983@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1086733411.736049@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3Auxc.11998$XY6.1296622@read2.cgocable.net> <40C85035.4020706@noplace.com> <40C9EC3B.60304@noplace.com> <40CD90A4.8030005@noplace.com> <1087234490.635201@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <40CEDEBB.3050209@noplace.com> From: Brian May X-Home-Page: http://snoopy.apana.org.au/~bam/ Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:02:18 +1000 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MoWWidYSKyAL/NwNNTWBhoSGaQ8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl-202-173-153-89.vic.westnet.com.au X-Trace: news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com 1087340538 202.173.153.89 (16 Jun 2004 09:02:18 +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!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1546 Date: 2004-06-16T09:02:18+10:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Marin" == Marin David Condic writes: Marin> Also, because OS's need high efficiency, it is not at all Marin> uncommon to turn off most of the runtime checks because you Marin> really need the performance. (Or is someone suggesting that Marin> all Ada checks should be left in when developing an OS?) Marin> Ada can't help with a variety of runtime errors unless the Marin> checks are left in, so does it really buy enough benefit to Marin> be able to make claims about how wonderful a theoretical Marin> Ada OS would be? Ada does more checks at compile time then some languages. I would assume this would benefit an Ada OS, even if all run-time checks are turned off. -- Brian May