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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Bye-bye Ada ? (Ada95 Wholesale Changes?)
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In article <1044900058.276774@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>, Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
> Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote:
>> All of the posts were very "interesting". ;-)
> 
> I remember the days when "keep fixing the code
> until it compiles" would have been rank heresy,
> and an accusation leveled against C folk :-)

I was under the impression it was "keep fixing the code until it runs",
since small typographical errors in Ada are more likely to be found.

For Bliss, we (including Bliss programmers) say "keep adding dots until
there is an access violation, then remove the last dot".