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From: Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org>
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Subject: Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada)
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:04:17 -0500
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Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> In C++, multithreading is platform-specific. I think this is better than 
> Ada, but may be I am just used to it.

Of course it's better--it's job security.
Why would anyone want to write a program
and then draw unemployment while the company
re-compiles and runs it effortlessly on a
new platform?

-- 
Wes Groleau
   "Grant me the serenity to accept those I cannot change;
    the courage to change the one I can;
    and the wisdom to know it's me."
                                -- unknown