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From: dlmiller@inetdirect.net (Doug & Rose Miller)
Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because...
Date: 1996/08/18
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Craig Franck <clfranck@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

+Yes, you can program in Ada on a UNIX platform but I would point
+out that the compiler is written in C. If C/C++ are your primary
+languages for writting system software, when it's time to write
+an application that might seen like the best language to use.

Yes, it might =seem= like the best language to use -- to someone
who lacks understanding of how to select an appropriate language
for solving a given task.

The best language to use for an application is the one which best
maps that application to the virtual machine on which it will run.

This has absolutely no connection to the language in which the
system software was written.