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: 103376,5cb36983754f64da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-04 05:38:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!news.octanews.net!attcg2!attcg1!ip.att.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language) Date: 4 Apr 2004 07:38:37 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: <$Jq6sz+PvmDA@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <20040206174017.7E84F4C4114@lovelace.ada-france.org> <54759e7e.0402071124.322ea376@posting.google.com> <87r7v5zao0.fsf@insalien.org> <6803831.c4KqqVc08g@linux1.krischik.com> <87vfkgy9z6.fsf@insalien.org> <87zn9sjc5r.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1081082202 27620 192.135.80.34 (4 Apr 2004 12:36:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 12:36:42 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6740 Date: 2004-04-04T07:38:37-05:00 List-Id: In article <87zn9sjc5r.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>, Florian Weimer writes: > Ludovic Brenta writes: > >> Is this not a strength rather than a weakness? Garbage collectors >> encourage sloppy programming. > > So does Ada's type safety. Only among those who have no requirement for their program to run. Others are required to correct their errors until the compiler approves.