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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: kdq@emoryi.jpl.nasa.gov (Kevin D. Quitt) Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because... Date: 1996/06/29 Message-ID: <31d5bbbb.161236846@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 162841933 references: <4q8fbo$701@red.interact.net.au> content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: kdq@emoryi.jpl.nasa.gov newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c Date: 1996-06-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: C is better than Ada, because it doesn't pretend it knows more about programming than I do, and doesn't prevent me from doing those things that are upon rare occasion necessary. Programming is C is like shaving with a razor; as long as I know what I'm doing, there's no problem. Programming in Ada is like using a shaver; it 'protects' the incompetent and is no help to the experts. -- #include http://emoryi.jpl.nasa.gov/ _ Kevin D Quitt USA 91351-4454 96.37% of all statistics are made up Per the FCA, this email address may not be added to any commercial mail list