Re: Arithmetic overflow checking
On 7/15/2011 11:09 AM, lewbloch wrote:
Patricia Shanahan wrote:
MikeP wrote:
Patricia Shanahan wrote:
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Write the application in Ada.
Patricia
But C# is very Java-like and has "checked" and also the compiler-level
equivalent, so C# would be the better alternative. (And yes, I do know
you were just kidding about Ada).
No, I was not really joking, though I did not attempt to find all the
languages that would meet the stated requirement.
Others did not think you were joking. I've known people who use Ada
professionally and not one complained about the language. I've only
ever encountered disparagement of Ada from people who don't use it.
I've never worked with Ada, so I defer to those who have.
Ada is a very nice language.
Or maybe I should say that Ada83 was a very nice language.
Ada95 extended a procedural language to be object oriented. And
I don't think the result is so nice.
It is obviously a very powerful language.
But it is also a very difficult language to learn and master.
Arne
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