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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,28cd155693714664 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-18 12:54:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!xmission!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator2-maxim!propagator-maxim!news-in.spamkiller.net!newsfeed.sjc.globix.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!151.164.30.35!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D0F8922.D7798F91@despammed.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability References: <3D0C7C0B.5000707@mail.com> <3D0EBE64.2070809@mail.com> <3D0F4AE0.5050207@mail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:25:22 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1024428345 151.168.144.162 (Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:25:45 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:25:45 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26295 Date: 2002-06-18T14:25:22-05:00 List-Id: > For a real affirmative defense of why I would rather use C++ > than Ada,I would pull out the following three textbooks: > > _Scientific & Engineering C++_ by Barton & Nackman > _Generative Programming_ by Czarnecki & Eisenecker > _Modern C++ Design_ by Alexandrescu Do those books actually claim C++ is safer than anything? Or should they be subtitled, "How to Use C++ and Still Not Get Sued" -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau