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Subject: Re: Why are Ada compilers difficult to write ?
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On Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 12:56:43 AM UTC-5, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> Le 22/06/2018 =C3=A0 18:10, Simon Clubley a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0:
> > 3.10.2 (according to Randy)
> >=20
> > Personally, I don't think it's something to be proud of however.
> >=20
> > When a language is used in the critical environments that Ada is used i=
n,
> > it shouldn't have anything in it which is that difficult to understand.
>=20
> Well, it is an attempt at making pointers safer, and this is inherently
> difficult. Other languages didn't even try...

Except Rust nowadays, and hopefully Ada2020 will catch up