Re: Misconception about Ada?

["Thierry Lelegard" <thierry.lelegard@canal-plus.fr>]

> We have to accept that there are some authors who produce serious works
> and others whose contributions are, at best, lightweight.  It seems Mr.
> Raymon is not an authors to take seriously, particularly when he makes
> pronouncements about programming languages.

Whether or not his pronouncements about programming languages are serious,
Eric Raymond is a respected guru in the GNU / Open Source / Free Software
community, like Richard Stallman and others.

This community has a substantial influence on the modern computer culture.
Negative opinions on Ada from this community may not kill the language but
it will not help anyway. So, if Eric Raymond makes wrong statements about
Ada, it is clearly worth trying to make him change his mind. But this
initiative should come from another respected guru.

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