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From: "Chad R. Meiners" <meinersc@cse.msu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Safe C++
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:45:01 -0400
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I never said they didn't exist.  I stated that they are a small minority.

> I don't believe that you will find very many Ada advocates that have an
> allergy to anything smacking of C. I have always been under the impression
> that people on this newsgroup [..]"
>
> I do not dispute that there are masters active on this newsgroup who have
> solid experience to back their reservations. It is no secret though that
> there are Ada advocates who strongly hate C. Not only C family languages,
> but non-Ada languages. Of course someone who recommends Ada does not
> necessarily hate other languages but if you think that we do not
> have such people you are mistaken.
>
> Should you check the news:comp.realtime FAQ posting
> (e.g. news:realtime-computing/faq_999165253@rtfm.mit.edu ,
> "Comp.realtime: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)", 30 Aug 2001 09:55:25
> GMT, Version: 3.4 (May 1998), also available at
> HTTP://WWW.FAQs.org/faqs/realtime-computing/faq/ ) you can find:
>
> "[..]
> IV- POLEMIC TOPICS
> [..]
>     Which programming language should I use to develop a Real-Time System?
> [..] it would be much better to use a higher level [than assembly]
> programming language. Most of them will fit. The Ada Community will always
> try to convince you their language is the best to use in any cases. Here
is
> not the news group to argue about this [..]".
>
> Looking back through older posts in the Ada advocacy forum Team Ada one
> could find furious frustration against C; C++; and Java.