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,b30bd69fa8f63cb2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-14 03:37:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: C bug of the day Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:37:46 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <1054751321.434656@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1055587066 13803 129.241.83.78 (14 Jun 2003 10:37:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:37:46 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:39166 Date: 2003-06-14T10:37:46+00:00 List-Id: Vinzent Hoefler wrote: > kanze@gabi-soft.fr wrote: > >>Note that while we have been speaking here about safety, no one has >>mentionned readability. > > Probably because this is what Ada is so well known for, that nobody in > c.l.a. doesn't think about it anymore... ;) Yes. It was one of the design goals: http://www.adapower.com/rm95/arm95_3.html#SEC3 Might also be interesting for people no familiar with Ada95 to have a glance at these slides to get a introduction to the difference between C/C++, Java and Ada: http://libre.act-europe.fr/Software_Matters/03-C_pitfalls.pdf -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/