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From: Bob Duff <bobduff@theworld.com>
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Subject: Re: Build language with weak typing,
 then add scaffolding later to strengthen it?
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 11:28:00 -0400
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"J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr> writes:

> I don't agree. C is a low level language, and good at that.

I say Ada is far superior to C for doing low-level programming.
Address clauses, representation clauses, packed arrays, ...

And Ada has the huge advantage that it doesn't force you into low-level
programming when you don't need that.

- Bob