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Subject: Re: Buffer overflow Article - CACM
From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de>
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On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 22:10 +0000, robin wrote:

>     I'm saying that Ada code can be compiled by a PL/I
> compiler, illustrating the versatility of the language.

OK. C++ code can be compiled by a C compiler, illustrating
the versatility of the C language.

I should hope that this kind of argument isn't used in
evaluations of programming languages for programming
projects.

-- Georg