Re: Ichibah flames, and flames out over, Ada 9X

[pattis@cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis)]

In article <314@fedfil.UUCP> news@fedfil.UUCP (news) writes:
>In article <1993Feb28.184206.27188@dragon.acadiau.ca>, 841613t@dragon.acadiau.ca (Don Tyzuk) writes:
> 
>
>You should start by finding out who Charles Anthony Richard Hoare is, and 
>what the ACM is, and what the Touring award is.  You should then find a
>copy of the lecture which Mr. Hoare delivered on the occasion of his
>receiving the Touring award from the ACM in 1980.  You should then
>read that paper from beginning to end, and inform your local community
>as to what you have learned.
>
>Ted Holden
>HTE

Actually, you should first find out who Alan Turing is, and how his name is
spelled. Then, after you read the paper by C.A.R. Hoare, you should read his
foreword to Watt, Wichmann, Findlay, "Ada Language and Methodology". Finally,
you should find out how Dr. Hoare feels about C and C++, so you have a context
to gauge what he says about Ada.

Rich Pattis





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