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  2. From: Ken Garlington <GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
  4. Subject: Re: C/C++ crap knocks Ada
  5. Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 13:33:18 +0000
  6. Organization: Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems
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  14.  
  15. Peter Hermann wrote:
  16. > 
  17. > A compiler vendor may be able to provide a heavy-duty-check-mode option
  18. > which certainly makes sense under conditions where ultra-high reliability
  19. > is required.
  20.  
  21. Sure, individual vendors can do just about anything you want, given enough resources ;)
  22. But if the question is, what can you expect from the language definition, you don't
  23. want to oversell this feature to an extent that the argument doesn't look
  24. credible.
  25.  
  26. Actually, I disagree that a heavy-duty-check-mode option _always_ makes sense when
  27. ultra-high reliability is needed, particularly if the system must fail-operate
  28. vs. fail-safe. That's a bit off this thread, however.
  29.