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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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In article <a533vq$sts$1@knossos.btinternet.com>, "tony gair" <tonygair@nounsolitations.btinternet.com> writes:

> PS you could also say there would be a lot more innocent civilians around
> without
> Ada or C++ supported weapon systems.

I am not convinced that ill-controlled explosives are better than
well-controlled explosives.  Plenty of explosive were used in the
US Civil War (1861-1865) -- as much as possible, despite the lack
of fine-grained control mechanisms.