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From: bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup)
Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java
Date: 1999/02/08
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Date: 1999-02-08T00:00:00+00:00
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Dan Nagle <dnagle@erols.com> writes:

 > Hello,
 > 
 > robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com wrote:
 > > 
 > > In article <79l722$nc7$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
 > >   atomly@my-dejanews.com wrote:
 > > > OK, I agree with you that C++ and Java are better than
 > > > Ada (though I have no real experience with Ada)
 > > 
 > > Isn't it remarkable how people don't let a little thing
 > > like ignorance and lack of experience inhibit them in
 > > stating opinions in the programming language field :-)
 > > 
 > The Fortran folks have the same problem.  There's now an effort
 > underway to create a website designed to refute the "Fortran
 > Misinformation".  Go over to comp.lang.fortran and check
 > the thread "Re: Fortran misinformation", it's been on for a week
 > or so.
 > 
 > Is there a similar site for Ada misinformation?
 > 
 > It seems a lot of folks know only C/C++/Java, and, as the saying
 > goes "when the only tool in your toollbox is a hammer, every
 > problem looks like a nail"...
 > 
 > <snip rest of post>

Sadly, there is no shortage of misinformation or at least of relatively
ignorant people shooting their mouths off. Every language suffer from this
and every language community has members who contribute to the problem.

	- Bjarne
Bjarne Stroustrup - http://www.research.att.com/~bs