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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-23 07:46:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ From: Ted Dennison References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <87n15lxzzv.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <3B672322.B5EA1B66@home.com> <4a885870.0108112341.7ce02ac0@posting.google.com> <3B834E5D.B0D26AB1@adaworks.com> <9lvsic$bet9s$1@ID-9852.news.dfncis.de> <9m0193$grs$1@bird.wu-wien.ac.at> <3B83F042.4CFB073D@home.com> <9m2ibc$4h4$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net> <3b84cf73.1201990748@news.worldonline.nl> Subject: Re: Subtle Bugs, kudos Ada (was How Ada ...Red Code ...) Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 10:46:00 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:46:00 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12330 comp.lang.c:76422 comp.lang.c++:85157 Date: 2001-08-23T14:46:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <3b84cf73.1201990748@news.worldonline.nl>, Richard Bos says... > >> The fact that these starting hypothesis lead to two completely different >> philosophies of languages is left as a subject for meditation... >The conclusion is obvious. C was designed for professionals; Ada for >amateurs. There are two problems with that statement: 1) The only differece between "professionals" and "ameteurs" in our industry is that one of them is paid. 2) A little digging into the history of both languages will actually show you that more or less the exact *opposite* of what you said was true. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com