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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Ada vs. C++
Date: 2000/02/14
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In article <38A4E40E.2FA51C81@mail.utexas.edu>, "Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu> writes:

> However, unless you're writing throw-away code I would agree with the
> sentiment of an earlier poster: you might be more interested in using
> whichever language tempts you to write the more maintainable code.

I told a stranger at a conference dinner table that I liked Ada because
it was readily maintained.  He responded, quite seriously, that he used
another language but he had made it a career practice only to write new
code and never to maintain anything he had written.

(Sorry, I did not record his name, in case anyone wanted his resume :-).