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: 103376,99f33f51845a7793 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-08 03:00:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!news100.world-online.no!news100.world-online.no!nntp.newmedia.no!newsfeed1.enitel.no!news.ost.eltele.no!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: 'withing' problem Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 10:58:27 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3be27344$0$227$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> <3BE42900.7590E899@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1005217107 6622 129.241.83.82 (8 Nov 2001 10:58:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 10:58:27 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16045 Date: 2001-11-08T10:58:27+00:00 List-Id: On 04 Nov 2001 10:23:48 +0000, Simon Wright wrote: > Do you think that software designed with mutual dependency is less > reliable? less safe? more expensive? If there's a compelling argument, If it leads to increased complexity, yes! > OK, otherwise I stand by "unfortunate limitation". I guess one could use the argumentation to say that the lack of unsafe pointers in Ada is also an "unfortunate limitation"? Preben -- Please, stop bombing civilians in Afghanistan. One cannot write off killing innocent children and other civilians as "collateral damage". A civilian is a civilian whether he or she is American or from another country in the world. http://web.amnesty.org/11september.htm