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: 103376,595cecf596072e80,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: controlnews3.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!nwrddc02.gnilink.net.POSTED!da33a4ab!not-for-mail From: Fionn mac Cuimhaill Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Why I like Ada Message-ID: <058ta057iumjnbj5cbdpcskvjb39vmtt2h@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.646 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 00:39:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 4.41.197.98 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrddc02.gnilink.net 1085186377 4.41.197.98 (Fri, 21 May 2004 20:39:37 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 20:39:37 EDT Xref: controlnews3.google.com comp.lang.ada:764 Date: 2004-05-22T00:39:37+00:00 List-Id: I found this in a signature in a message in another newsgroup. I don't know if Stroustrup actually said this, but it's true and funny. > "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; > C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows > your whole leg off." > - Bjarne Stroustrup