Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "John B. Matthews" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Arithmetic overflow checking Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:39:16 -0400 Organization: The Wasteland Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <015aeb15-57db-48ab-9cd4-77f8448b632f@w24g2000yqw.googlegroups.com> <2rydnez7l-H5BYnTnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@earthlink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: LQJtZWzu+iKlBROuDg+IUg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:6224 In article , "MikeP" wrote: > Patricia Shanahan wrote: [...] > > No, I was not really joking, though I did not attempt to find all > > the languages that would meet the stated requirement. > > Don't look now, but if you weren't joking, then you recommended Ada > to a Java programmer! Oh my. I often suggest Ada to Java programmers; knowledgeable Java programmers often return the favor; I've learned a lot that way. > > I'm very strongly of the opinion different languages should provide > > different features, making different trade-offs, and programmers > > should pick the language for a job based on its requirements and > > those features. > > You have to admit, it's quite a chasm between Java/C# and Ada. I find points of comparison very illuminating. Perhaps "chasm" is a matter of perspective. > > The alternative a lot of programmers follow seems to be to pick one > > language, > > I do/did that. (C++ is my poison). See also: "The science of fanboyism." Article: Discussion: -- John B. Matthews trashgod at gmail dot com