Re: the language

From	Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: the language
Date	2014-12-08 06:00 +0000
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On 2014-12-07, Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> wrote:
> Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Can you define what is meant for a language
>> to be interesting in such a way that undefined behavior is
>> not inherently built into the definition?
>
> No, I don't think I can, but that doesn't (necessarily, at least) mean I'm 
> wrong - it just means I'm struggling to define a fairly nebulous concept. 
> But a language in which every string is either illegal or well-defined 
> would, it seems to me, tend to make it more difficult to innovate in ways 
> unanticipated by the language designer.

Ah, but what if some strings have the special function of opening
escape hatches which are closed by default?

For instance, integer oveflow can be diagnosed, by default. But some
syntax can request that it be undefined.

Of course this then means that there are strings of the language that
have undefined behavior. Namely strings which are made up of substrings
which open an escape hatch, and other substrings which use it.

However, the situation is such that the hatches are managed, so those
who want to write programs without them (whose ideal language has no hatches)
just about have that.  Furthermore, those users can be given a master option:
one which produce a loud diagnostic if any escape hatches are used (and
pinpoint their locations). Effectively, in that mode, the language is
a dialect free of UB.

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the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-26 21:54 +0100
  Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-26 21:56 +0100
    Re: the language John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2014-11-26 13:45 -0800
      Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-28 11:52 +0100
      Re: the language "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-12-01 23:25 -0500
      Re: the language "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-12-02 00:56 -0500
        Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-04 14:52 +0100
          Re: the language "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2014-12-04 08:07 -0600
            Re: the language Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-04 10:20 -0800
  Re: the language Mark Storkamp <mstorkamp@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-26 15:11 -0600
    Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-28 12:16 +0100
      Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-28 12:18 +0100
  Re: the language John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2014-11-26 13:12 -0800
    Re: the language Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-11-27 00:37 +0000
    Re: the language Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-11-27 01:13 +0000
  Re: the language raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-11-26 22:45 +0000
    Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-27 07:41 +0100
  Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-27 08:12 +0100
    Re: the language Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2014-11-27 01:43 -0600
      Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-28 11:56 +0100
        Re: the language Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2014-11-28 09:08 -0600
          Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-28 20:58 +0100
            Re: the language Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2014-11-28 19:22 -0600
              Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-02 02:59 +0100
                Re: the language Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-12-02 02:53 +0000
                Re: the language Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2014-12-01 21:25 -0600
                Re: the language Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-12-02 06:22 +0000
  Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-11-27 08:37 +0000
    Re: the language Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2014-11-27 16:44 +0800
      Re: the language gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-11-27 15:35 +0000
        Re: the language Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-11-27 11:58 -0500
          Re: the language jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2014-11-27 22:44 +0000
            Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-28 09:52 +0100
            Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-11-28 12:53 -0800
          Re: the language Thomas Jahns <jahns@idontlikespam.dkrz.de> - 2014-11-28 10:07 +0100
            Re: the language Thomas Jahns <jahns@idontlikespam.dkrz.de> - 2014-11-28 14:57 +0100
            Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-11-28 13:09 -0800
    Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-28 12:01 +0100
      Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-11-28 14:46 +0000
    Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-11-28 13:16 -0800
      Re: the language gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-11-28 22:09 +0000
        Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-01 03:40 -0800
      Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-11-28 14:42 -0800
        Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-01 03:22 -0800
      Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-11-28 23:09 +0000
        Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-11-28 16:14 -0800
          Re: the language BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-11-29 01:42 +0000
          Re: the language Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-11-29 01:42 +0000
            Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-11-29 04:03 -0800
          Re: the language Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-01 00:55 -0800
            Re: the language glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-02 05:42 +0000
        Re: the language Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-11-28 19:25 -0500
        Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-01 03:21 -0800
          Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-01 14:02 +0000
            Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-05 10:18 -0800
              Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-07 08:25 +0000
                Re: the language Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2014-12-07 10:44 -0800
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-07 19:17 +0000
                Re: the language Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2014-12-07 15:48 -0800
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-08 05:45 +0000
                Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-12-08 03:27 -0800
                Re: the language Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-12-08 06:00 +0000
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-08 06:17 +0000
                Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-12-08 03:37 -0800
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-08 12:53 +0000
                Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-16 04:21 -0800
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-16 12:43 +0000
                Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-16 14:46 -0800
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-17 00:23 +0000
                Re: the language JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-12-17 07:01 +0000
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-17 07:22 +0000
                Re: the language Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-12-17 11:56 +0000
                Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-12-17 05:43 -0800
                Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-18 18:30 +0100
                Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-18 18:41 +0100
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-17 14:34 +0000
                Re: the language Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-12-18 02:15 +0000
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-17 22:31 -0500
                Re: the language Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-12-18 17:19 +0000
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-18 07:52 +0000
                Re: the language Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-12-18 17:21 +0000
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-18 18:15 +0000
                Re: the language Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-12-19 01:20 +0000
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-19 07:48 +0000
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-19 07:40 -0500
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-19 12:54 +0000
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-19 09:54 -0500
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-19 15:19 +0000
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-19 11:00 -0500
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-19 16:13 +0000
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-19 11:27 -0500
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-19 16:45 +0000
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-19 13:48 -0500
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-19 19:10 +0000
                Re: the language Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2014-12-19 21:17 -0600
                Re: the language Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2014-12-19 21:32 -0600
                Re: the language Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-12-19 16:49 +0000
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-19 17:00 +0000
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-19 13:57 -0500
                Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-12-19 14:31 -0800
                Re: the language Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-12-19 20:29 +0000
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-19 20:36 +0000
                Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-17 07:18 -0800
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-17 15:45 +0000
                Re: the language glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-17 16:50 +0000
                Re: the language raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-17 17:24 +0000
                Re: the language Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-18 02:07 -0600
                Re: the language raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-18 12:04 +0000
                Re: the language Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-12-18 08:06 -0500
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-18 08:30 -0500
                Re: the language Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-12-19 00:11 -0500
                Re: the language glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-19 07:00 +0000
                Re: the language Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-19 08:43 -0800
                Re: the language Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-12-19 23:29 -0500
                Re: the language Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-20 00:37 -0800
                Re: the language gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-12-20 08:45 +0000
                Re: the language raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-20 09:45 +0000
                Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-12-20 03:17 -0800
                Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-12-18 06:09 -0800
                Re: the language raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-18 14:30 +0000
                Re: the language raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-18 14:23 +0000
                Re: the language Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-18 08:18 -0800
                Re: the language Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-12-20 12:22 -0500
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-20 13:36 -0500
                Re: the language Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-20 11:43 -0800
                Re: the language Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-20 11:37 -0800
                Re: the language glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-20 20:10 +0000
                Re: the language Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-21 15:02 -0600
                Re: the language Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-12-21 22:02 +0000
                Re: the language Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2014-12-21 23:49 -0600
                Re: the language raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-21 17:45 +0000
                Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-18 10:29 -0800
                Re: the language Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-20 05:29 -0600
                Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-20 11:32 -0800
                Re: the language Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-21 15:23 -0600
                Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-22 23:39 -0800
                Re: the language glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-20 20:22 +0000
                Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-18 10:24 -0800
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-18 18:36 +0000
                Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-19 09:24 -0800
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-19 17:53 +0000
                Re: the language Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-20 11:48 -0800
                Re: the language JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-12-19 02:20 +0000
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-19 08:31 +0000
                Re: the language JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-12-19 09:31 +0000
                Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-19 10:10 +0000
                Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-12-19 07:08 -0800
                Re: the language JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2014-12-20 06:39 +0000
                Re: the language John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2014-12-20 07:32 +0000
                Re: the language Greg Martin <greg.at.softsprocket@dot.com> - 2015-01-04 17:02 +0000
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-01-04 12:40 -0500
                Re: the language Greg Martin <greg.at.softsprocket@dot.com> - 2015-01-04 18:02 +0000
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-01-05 09:47 -0500
                Re: the language Greg Martin <greg.at.softsprocket@dot.com> - 2015-01-05 15:14 +0000
                Re: the language Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-01-05 08:42 -0800
                Re: the language glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-01-06 00:14 +0000
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-01-05 13:19 -0500
                Re: the language Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-01-04 15:59 -0500
                Re: the language Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-01-04 14:30 -0800
                Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-01-04 15:44 -0800
                Re: the language James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-01-05 13:36 -0500
  Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-11-28 12:07 +0100
  Re: the language "ocq (an evil corporate man)" <ocq@maili.ng> - 2014-12-02 23:16 +0100
    Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-12-03 02:23 -0800
      Re: the language "ocq (an evil corporate man)" <ocq@maili.ng> - 2014-12-03 15:55 +0100
      Re: the language Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-12-03 15:42 +0000
        Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-12-04 04:49 -0800
          Re: the language Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-04 09:07 -0800
            Re: the language Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-12-04 10:08 -0800
              Re: the language Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-04 11:49 -0800
                Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-05 12:32 +0100
          Re: the language raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-04 22:17 +0000
  Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-18 18:17 +0100
    Re: the language Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-18 18:12 +0000
      Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-18 23:15 +0100
        Re: the language Rosario193 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2014-12-18 23:50 +0100
    Re: the language "ocq (an evil corporate man)" <ocq@maili.ng> - 2014-12-19 02:34 +0100

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