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From: "Jerry Coffin" <jcoffin@taeus.com>
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Subject: Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada)
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Robert A Duff wrote:

[ ... ]

> > If you follow-up the reading with some real use, it beats reading
> > alone by a wide margin, at least IME.
>
> But I agree with that!  Your reputation as disagreeable is ruined.
> ;-)

Pardon my being blunt, but Damn! The one thing I was good at is ruined!

> On the other hand, if you do "real use" by itself, you're liable to
> fall into the trap of thinking that "what my compiler happens to do"
> is equal to "the language definition".

This, unfortunately, is all too true.

--
    Later,
    Jerry.

The universe is a figment of its own imagination.