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- From: Ken Garlington <GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 17:06:37 +0000
- Organization: Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
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- Alan Brain wrote:
- >
- > Agree. But if a Cosmic Ray comes and Zapps a bit, this could happen. Or if a
- > memory chip wasn't quite up to par. Ada 83 will catch it at the next
- > type-check, raise an exception, and trigger whatever error-correction has been
- > designed into the program. Yes, if that's insufficient, you have problems.
-
- Actually, most Ada compilers optimize type checks assuming the hardware is working,
- so this check isn't quite as strong as you imply. However, it does provide some
- coverage.
-