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-Thread: 103376,37c1639cf6a3bbba X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!out03a.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in02.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in03.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!pc02.usenetserver.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A scary story from the real world. References: <0Q0Zi.409$CT3.318@newsfet01.ams> <1194641160.406321.39310@t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <1194735793.905395.151810@v23g2000prn.googlegroups.com> <1194852968.454771.309440@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com> From: Stephen Leake Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:04:54 -0500 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/22.1 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:TMwyld7WXIbD7DYaFxrLJREHJgo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: d5b9947384f6be05e48ed29115 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18310 Date: 2007-11-12T08:04:54-05:00 List-Id: Brian May writes: >>>>>> "Harald" == Harald Korneliussen writes: > > Harald> Now, one may argue whether the Java/C# approach of > Harald> virtual machines, sandboxes, bytecode verification etc. > Harald> is better than the Ada approach, but it is at least an > Harald> attempt. It's not as if they're doing nothing. > > There is nothing stopping Ada from having virtual machines, sandboxes, > bytecode verification, etc, either. If they really wanted to do so. AdaCore has ported GNAT to .NET. There was even a small ad in the current Dr Dobbs for it. -- -- Stephe