From: dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller)
Subject: Re: Ada explanation?
Date: 21 Jan 1995 21:21:07 -0600
Date: 1995-01-21T21:21:07-06:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3fsiv3$mtg@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3fnhgv$4mh@gnat.cs.nyu.edu
In article <3fnhgv$4mh@gnat.cs.nyu.edu>, Robert Dewar <dewar@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
>One of the most aggravating mis-statements here is the claim that Ada
>was designed by a committee. NOTHING could be further from the truth
>Incidentally, I guess that hackers will also find the exception handling
>facilities in C++ hilarious. Perhaps they just find it hilarious that anyone
>would bother to waste time worrying about error situations in code :-)
>
Oddly, C++ is indeed a language being designed by committee (AND
subcommittees!).
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1995-01-22 3:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1995-01-18 16:27 Ada explanation? Bob Wells #402
1995-01-19 23:54 ` Charles H. Sampson
1995-01-20 17:09 ` Roger Labbe
1995-01-23 16:36 ` Norman H. Cohen
1995-01-25 7:01 ` David O'Brien
1995-01-20 5:25 ` Robert Dewar
1995-01-22 3:21 ` David Weller [this message]
1995-01-22 14:04 ` Bjarne Stroustrup <9758-26353> 0112760
1995-01-23 11:50 ` David Weller
1995-01-23 15:44 ` David Emery
1995-01-24 14:10 ` David Weller
1995-01-20 10:25 ` Keith Thompson
1995-01-21 22:05 ` David O'Brien
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