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,e6a2e4a4c0d7d8a6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-27 04:12:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: status of PL/I as a viable language Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:12:33 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1046347953 15171 129.241.83.78 (27 Feb 2003 12:12:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:12:33 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34662 Date: 2003-02-27T12:12:33+00:00 List-Id: David C. Hoos wrote: > Well... if you waant to talk about narrow meanings -- how about > "attempted buffer overflow," which succeeds with C, and fails with Ada. > > In my view, the meaning of buffer overflow is when the buffer really > overflows, not when a buffer overflow is attempted. Yes! Like a bathtub without a hole in the top to prevent overflowing (C) and a bathtub which has one so the tub only can fill to its maximum capacity (Ada). Only in the first place you can say that the tub was overflown with water. -- Preben Randhol ---------------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent", Isaac Asimov