From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 28 May 93 01:31:49 GMT From: seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman@uunet.uu.net (Michael Feldman) Subject: Re: interesting thread on comp.edu Message-ID: <1993May28.013149.8356@seas.gwu.edu> List-Id: In article breland@mcc.com writes: >In article 11713@seas.gwu.edu, mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: >> >>A comment was made that a language should provide unsage stuff, but with > ^^^^^^ >>safe alternatives, and done in a way so as to be sure that programmers >>know they are using the unsafe stuff. The poster said that C++ is >>"evolving" in this direction. I resisted the temptation to say how >>delighted I was that C++ is finally evolving, in this area, to where >>Ada was 10 years ago. > >Do I detect something Freudian here? ;) > I KNEW this would happen, the minute I committed the "send" command. Yeah, a Freudian flip. Mike