Re: Various Language Architecture Questions

["Björn Persson" <spam-away@nowhere.nil>]

frankgerlach@gmail.com wrote:
> I am contemplating to create a new language, which is supposed to be as
> fast as C++, but as safe as Java.

Then you should definitely learn Ada. Don't stop when you've got answers 
to the questions you have now. Learn Ada thoroughly! I also suggest that 
you look around for other languages with interesting features, 
especially if C++ and Java are the only languages you know.

Why? Because the more programming languages you know, the better you can 
see the strengths and weaknesses of each language. Even if you 
eventually decide that Ada isn't what you're looking for, you will most 
certainly learn things from Ada � and from other languages � that you 
can use when you design your own language, making your language better 
than it otherwise would have been.

And whatever you do, don't include the if(a=b) bug in any new language!

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