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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.unix.programmer |
| Subject | Re: C Code "sanity checking" tools |
| Date | 2011-08-09 09:17 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnbovyblu2.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> (permalink) |
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Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> writes:
> Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201108.rodent.frell.theremailer.net>
> writes:
[...]
>> Yes, Ada language will help with this sort of issue. C isn't safe,
>
> http://www.di.unito.it/~damiani/ariane5rep.html
Are you suggesting that the use of Ada was somehow responsible for the
Ariane 5 failure?
Of course it's possible to write unsafe code in any language.
I presume that's why Fritz wrote "will help with" rather than
"will solve".
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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Re: C Code "sanity checking" tools Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2011-08-09 14:17 +0100
Re: C Code "sanity checking" tools Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-09 09:17 -0700
Re: C Code "sanity checking" tools Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2011-08-09 17:36 +0100
Re: C Code "sanity checking" tools Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-09 12:19 -0700
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Re: C Code "sanity checking" tools mathog <dmathog@gmail.com> - 2011-08-08 08:48 -0700
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