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From: jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter)
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Subject: Re: Ada 9X Mapping
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>James Thiele
>Disclaimer:
>Nobody on this group thinks that a C program written by a great C programmer
>could be better than an Ada programm written by a lousy Ada programmer.
>I do, I know you don't, so don't bother flaming me.

Now now--let's not jump to conclusions. I've seen good C and wretched Ada,
no doubt about it: nobody ever claimed otherwise. What IS claimed is that
if you pull a listing at random from a pile of C programs and a listing
at random from a pile of Ada programs and compare them, the smart money
bet is that the Ada program is better engineered.