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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,25d5234e7b6ca361 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-10 07:22:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: softeng3456@netscape.net (soft-eng) Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada versus language-X and "getting real work done" (was): 64 bit addressing and OOP Date: 10 Mar 2003 07:22:33 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <9fa75d42.0303100722.3bc7adfa@posting.google.com> References: <1quq5v0sb922r76rbpmcs2pe19dr4i5a2r@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 32.97.239.19 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1047309754 15540 127.0.0.1 (10 Mar 2003 15:22:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Mar 2003 15:22:34 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:59707 comp.object:59279 comp.lang.ada:35129 Date: 2003-03-10T15:22:34+00:00 List-Id: "John R. Strohm" wrote in message news:... ... > of the problems that in C or C++ would normally require the guru to meditate > long and hard, and perhaps consult the entrails of a freshly-killed junior > programmer. Here is a quote for you :-) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke