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From: Vinzent Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com>
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Subject: Re: C bug of the day
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Erlo Haugen wrote:

>No language can be perfect, I guess. What is good for some kind of tasks=
 might
>be bad in other cases. Ada has its strengths and weaknesses (think about=
 string
>handling). I don't think anyone would even think about Ada for embedded
>applications in 8 bit MCU's as an example.

Well, why not? If there's a compiler available? :-)


Vinzent.