From: Simon Johnston <skj@ACM.ORG>
Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
Date: 1996/02/19
Date: 1996-02-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199602191213.MAA08652@jerry.rb.icl.co.uk> (raw)
> >Yes indeed: you get a language that is large, ungainly, full of
> >irregularities and historical oddities. You also get a language
> >that in much of the world is the de facto standard for commercial
> >communication. I remember once standing in the lobby of a
> >hotel in Copenhagen watching a French visitor trying to talk
> >to the desk clerk; since one spoke no French and the other
> >no Danish, they settled on English.
> >--
> > --Andrew Koenig
> > ark@research.att.com
>
> I think someone out there should volunteer to write an English compiler.
> One that
> supports all dialects on all platforms! :)
>
> Excerpt of code from a "valley person":
>
> If, like -- omigod!, the big red cadillac costs more than the bitchin'
> BMW, like, buy the BMW!!!
or even: buy the Beamer!!!
> ENG-E-FATSYNERR, Fatal syntax error, "like -- omigod!"
> ENG-F-VALNOTSUP, Valley dialect not supported in this version.
>
>
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1996-02-19 0:00 Simon Johnston [this message]
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1996-03-30 0:00 ` C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada Jon S Anthony
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1996-03-23 0:00 ` Carl J R Johansson
1996-03-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-03-29 0:00 ` Richard Pitre
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1996-03-19 0:00 ` Richard Pitre
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1996-02-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1996-02-17 0:00 ` Ell
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1996-02-19 0:00 ` Ramses Youhana
1996-02-19 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
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1996-02-19 0:00 ` Mike Stark
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Ed Franks
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Matthew M. Lih
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1996-02-25 0:00 ` Thomas G. McWilliams
1996-02-25 0:00 ` vancleef
1996-02-26 0:00 ` Matthew M. Lih
1996-02-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Bill Lee
1996-02-25 0:00 ` Ed Franks
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1996-03-15 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-03-15 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
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1996-03-15 0:00 ` AdaWorks
1996-03-15 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-03-18 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
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1996-03-15 0:00 ` AdaWorks
1996-03-18 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1996-03-19 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-03-20 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1996-03-20 0:00 ` Richard Pitre
1996-03-21 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-03-20 0:00 ` AdaWorks
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1996-03-22 0:00 ` AdaWorks
1996-03-22 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-03-26 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-03-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-03-26 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1996-03-28 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1996-04-04 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-03-21 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1996-03-21 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1996-03-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-04-01 0:00 ` Kevin Cline
1996-04-02 0:00 ` Lawrence Kirby
1996-04-02 0:00 ` Tom Payne
1996-02-19 0:00 ` Adam Morris
1996-02-19 0:00 ` Ian S. Nelson
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1996-02-19 0:00 ` Ramses Youhana
[not found] ` <1996Feb10.111307.113714@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
1996-02-21 0:00 ` AdaWorks
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Ketil Z Malde
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Dirk Dickmanns
1996-02-21 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-02-21 0:00 `
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Gene Ouye
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-25 0:00 ` Andrew Koenig
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Bill Lee
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Gary McKee
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Lee Graba
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
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1996-02-17 0:00 ` Tuishimi
1996-02-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-19 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Ramses Youhana
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1996-02-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-19 0:00 ` AdaWorks
1996-02-23 0:00 ` Ghost In The Machine
1996-02-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-25 0:00 ` Ghost In The Machine
1996-02-19 0:00 ` Ramses Youhana
1996-02-19 0:00 ` Ian S. Nelson
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
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1996-02-17 0:00 ` Chris Littlejohns
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1996-02-19 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1996-02-19 0:00 ` Pete Becker
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Nasser Abbasi
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Andrew Koenig
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Nasser Abbasi
1996-02-25 0:00 ` J Greene
1996-02-26 0:00 ` Peter Finney
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1996-02-21 0:00 ` Nasser Abbasi
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1996-02-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-27 0:00 ` ron thompson
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Ramses Youhana
1996-02-24 0:00 ` Ray Toal
1996-02-24 0:00 ` JR Crosmer
1996-02-27 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-02-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-26 0:00 ` James O'Connor
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1996-02-22 0:00 ` Nasser Abbasi
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-23 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-02-23 0:00 ` Tom Payne
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Matt Austern
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Ketil Z Malde
1996-02-23 0:00 ` Matthias Blume
1996-02-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-02-20 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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1996-02-21 0:00 ` Nasser Abbasi
1996-02-21 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-02-21 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Ketil Z Malde
1996-02-22 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-02-26 0:00 ` Matt Austern
1996-02-26 0:00 ` Matt Austern
1996-03-15 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-03-16 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1996-03-17 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-03-19 0:00 ` Sheldon White
1996-03-20 0:00 ` Jay Martin
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1996-03-15 0:00 ` Ian Johnston (by ubsswop)
1996-03-15 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-03-15 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-03-15 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1996-03-15 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-03-16 0:00 ` Zsoter Andras
1996-03-19 0:00 ` Kazimir Kylheku
1996-03-21 0:00 ` Glenn H. Porter
1996-03-16 0:00 ` Jay Martin
1996-03-20 0:00 ` David Taylor
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1996-03-21 0:00 ` Ron Collins
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1996-03-18 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
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1996-03-29 0:00 ` mich
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1996-03-17 0:00 ` Alan Brain
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1996-02-17 0:00 ` Tuishimi
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1996-02-17 0:00 ` Tuishimi
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1996-02-17 0:00 ` Tuishimi
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