Re: Arithmetic overflow checking
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.
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.
The alternative a lot of programmers follow seems to be to pick one
language, ignore all the others, and then complain when there is a
mismatch between that language's features and their current requirements.
I have no problem with pushing minor changes and additional features
within the general framework of a language, but if the basic framework
is not a good match for a job, the solution is to pick a language that
is more suitable.
+1
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