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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102b75,501ec19d1d81daee X-Google-Attributes: gid102b75,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,db9a11afb3da4240 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-28 07:54:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!server1.netnews.ja.net!pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk!nmm1 From: nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Language support for flexible handling of system-detected errors. Date: 28 Mar 2002 15:54:28 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge, England Message-ID: References: < <3CA0A166.501E1D68@despammed.com> <5ly9gcd9ao.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: libra.cus.cam.ac.uk Originator: nmm1@libra.cus.cam.ac.uk Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.arch:26019 comp.lang.ada:21762 Date: 2002-03-28T15:54:28+00:00 List-Id: In article <5ly9gcd9ao.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu>, "Stefan Monnier " writes: |> >>>>> "Maynard" == Maynard Handley writes: |> |> > Languages that don't provide what current programmers want and expect are |> > dead. You can whine all you like about how much I suck because I expect an |> > IDE, but I am simply telling you the way it is. |> |> That's a curious definition of "dead" which seems strangely close to the |> definition of "non-mainstream". Yes. In 1975, C was a dead language. Discuss. But preferably not here :-) Regards, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Email: nmm1@cam.ac.uk Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679