Re: tasking in language a bad idea

[kt4@prism.gatech.EDU (Ken Thompson)]

In article <1930@cod.NOSC.MIL> sampson@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (Charles H. Sampson) writes:
>In article <20104@grebyn.com> ted@grebyn.com (Ted Holden) writes:
>> 
>>Check out the 750 "problems" listed on the AdaWoe bulletin board...
>>
>     I case anyone is being misled by the repeated references to Ada's
>"750 problems", these are the unfiltered "problems" submitted during
>the 9X comment period.  There is much duplication and overlapping among
>them.  For example, on
>Charlie Sampson, CSC

I am not a fanatic on either side of the Ada language issue. I like most
all of what they tried to do with it. I don't really like how some turned
out. I would say that 750 unfiltered problems/wish lists/etc is a relatively
small number. I wonder how many of these types of things 
the ANSI C committee had to wade through. My impression was a whole lot.

				Ken


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