From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-07 14:34:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!ossa.telenet-ops.be!skynet.be!louie!not-for-mail Sender: - From: Bart.Vanhauwaert@nowhere.be Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.functional References: <3b690498.1111845720@news.worldonline.nl> <9kbu15$9bj@augusta.math.psu.edu> <9kn3n2$shu@augusta.math.psu.edu> User-Agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (Linux/2.2.17-21mdksecure (i686)) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 13:39:09 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.78.202.248 X-Trace: 997220046 reader0.news.skynet.be 54318 194.78.202.248 X-Complaints-To: abuse@skynet.be Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11532 comp.lang.c:72756 comp.lang.c++:80782 comp.lang.functional:7390 Date: 2001-08-07T13:39:09+02:00 List-Id: Dan Cross wrote: >>The average car driver does not buy a car limited to 20km/hour. > As has been pointed out in the thread, Ada performance is comparable > to C given the right compiler (ie, a very good Ada compiler compares > favorably to a very good C compiler). Well bring on your sources (note: that's source in the journalistic sense). > Besides, I certainly think it would be within the scope of the thread > for you to post examples and sources where this was true (note: that's > source in the journalistic sense). So.... Feel free to do so. > Otherwise, what you say is just hearsay, I'm afraid. Look for my other post in this thread. Easy of (re)use of components for major dekstop platforms is for me the most relevant part of the trade-off. cu bart -- http://www.irule.be/bvh/