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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,595cecf596072e80 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: controlnews3.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!not-for-mail From: "Per Dalgas Jakobsen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <058ta057iumjnbj5cbdpcskvjb39vmtt2h@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Why I like Ada Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 16:11:45 +0200 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Message-ID: <40af5f9d$0$255$edfadb0f@dread16.news.tele.dk> Organization: TDC Totalloesninger NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.89.241.47 X-Trace: 1085235102 dread16.news.tele.dk 255 193.89.241.47:16262 X-Complaints-To: abuse@post.tele.dk Xref: controlnews3.google.com comp.lang.ada:775 Date: 2004-05-22T16:11:45+02:00 List-Id: > I found this in a signature in a message in another newsgroup. I don't > know if Stroustrup actually said this, but it's true and funny. >> "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; >> C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows >> your whole leg off." >> - Bjarne Stroustrup "C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula has his place in the history of the Roman Empire." (Robert Firth) One among many quotes on http://www.sysprog.net/quotes.html Choose your favorite category on the left side-bar. Per