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soft-eng wrote:
> So the tradeoff is, possibly a bug or two caught
> at compile time rather than during testing, 

But one should remember that the farther down the process 
that those errors are caught the amount of time and effort
(read $$$) required to diagnose and correct them.  Not to
mention the ramifications if, God forbid, the error is 
found through someone's injury or death.

> versus using a very large language 

And C++ is small?? Also, you don't need to use it all - just
the parts that you need.

> that was created by fiat.

First, I take exception to your characterization of how Ada
came to be but even if I accepted it how a tool came into being 
should not be a factor in whether you use it or not.  Unless,
of course, the tool was developed ins a sweat shop somewhere.