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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1d321b3a6b8bcab2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-17 13:39:17 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!satisfied.elf.com!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!ois.com!ois.com!not-for-mail From: beckwb@ois.com (R. William Beckwith) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: "Subtract C, add Ada" Date: 17 Jan 1995 16:39:17 -0500 Organization: Objective Interface Systems, Inc. Message-ID: <3fhde5$46e@gamma.ois.com> References: <3etund$hnr@miranda.gmrc.gecm.com> <3f4mbe$rud@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> <3f5s92$3id@info.epfl.ch> <3f8fnf$c8p@gamma.ois.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gamma.ois.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: 1995-01-17T16:39:17-05:00 List-Id: John DiCamillo (milod@netcom.com) wrote: : beckwb@ois.com (R. William Beckwith) writes: : >John DiCamillo (milod@netcom.com) wrote: : >: That said, if this error is anyone's biggest concern : >: about developing software in C, then that person has : >: not really tried to develop software in C. All lan- : >: guages have warts, even Ada. : >Some languages' warts are really malignant tumors. ;-) : Did you have something useful to follow that up with? No, but I'll make the attempt since you're interested. : Do you disagree with either of the sentences you were : responding to? Do you feel that I am misrepresenting : the relative quality of the two languages in question? Not really and yes. I agree everything has warts. It has been my experience that while Ada's occasional warts can be annoying, C's occasional warts can be deadly. ... Bill