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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5d71,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-07 01:31:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.java,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language Followup-To: comp.lang.c++ Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 18:43:53 +0100 Organization: AdaCL Message-ID: <9122937.HZnMPpVLQf@linux1.krischik.com> References: <4022F87C.BFC600CC@worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: krischik@users.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1076146132 01 19809 EB2-GIrv0CrN3G3 040207 09:28:52 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: ZR4Sd0ZbweV1mGn8Cj-OdIv-7LjtmuESH7uDaKSgt+fr8wvu0Agow2 User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.c++:17958 comp.lang.c:20906 comp.lang.java:2737 comp.lang.ada:5305 Date: 2004-02-06T18:43:53+01:00 List-Id: Les Cargill wrote: > Larry Hazel wrote: >> >> Christopher Benson-Manica wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > When I need a language that's easy to use and readable, I turn >> > directly to C. Don't let me stop you, though. >> > >> >> C? Easy to read? You have got to be kidding. > > 'C' is a right-regular language, with good orthogonality of > operators. That literally means "easy to read" - or at least > having the capacity to be writrten in a fashion that is easy > to read. I have not yet seen a C programmer who does actualy does that. > If you've ever seen any deep Perl code, you'd understand :) If you have ever seen Ada you know what we mean. C on the "easy to read" as far away from Ada as Peal is from C. With Regards Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net http://www.ada.krischik.com