From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b30bd69fa8f63cb2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-11 02:50:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!not-for-mail Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:49:48 +0200 From: Erlo Haugen <_elh_@_terma_._com_> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: C bug of the day Message-ID: <20030611114948.00000bcc._elh_@_terma_._com_> References: <1054751321.434656@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Organization: Terma A/S X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.9.0claws (GTK+ 1.3.0; Win32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.242.55.242 X-Trace: 1055325019 dread11.news.tele.dk 5172 62.242.55.242 X-Complaints-To: abuse@post.tele.dk Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:38961 Date: 2003-06-11T11:49:48+02:00 List-Id: On 11 Jun 2003 02:22:09 -0700 kanze@gabi-soft.fr wrote: ---Cut--- > > I didn't say that there weren't better languages. I only said that > there wasn't a perfect language. ---Cut--- No language can be perfect, I guess. What is good for some kind of tasks might be bad in other cases. Ada has its strengths and weaknesses (think about string handling). I don't think anyone would even think about Ada for embedded applications in 8 bit MCU's as an example. Erlo -- Remove the underscores