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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HEADER_SPAM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc772,b30bd69fa8f63cb2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc772,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b30bd69fa8f63cb2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-18 07:08:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++.moderated Subject: Re: C bug of the day Followup-To: comp.lang.ada Date: 18 Jun 2003 10:10:14 -0400 Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Sender: cppmods@netlab.cs.rpi.edu Message-ID: References: <1054751321.434656@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: netlab.cs.rpi.edu X-Original-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:43:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Submission-Address: c++-submit@netlab.cs.rpi.edu X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.lang.c++.moderated iQBVAwUAPvBywUHMCo9UcraBAQEC9QIAgIGd0/QCtKAKULB2JzbJc0EwsHi+UBmc mwpLe+qLpdplW05+AdYv/L7h5HKxFSdQa+V/4QZcVTopuMcJgHthVw== =oL4k Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:39391 comp.lang.c++.moderated:68608 Date: 2003-06-18T10:10:14-04:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > In article , Andy Sawyer writes: >> None of these activities would be useless if there were a perfect >> programming language. > > What use would they have ? The perfect programming language, unlike > Ada or C* would find human logic errors and specification faults ! The perfect programming language would do the programming for you ;-) Preben -- "When Roman engineers built a bridge, they had to stand under it while the first legion marched across. If programmers today worked under similar ground rules, they might well find themselves getting much more interested in Ada!" -- Robert Dewar [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ] [ comp.lang.c++.moderated. First time posters: Do this! ]