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From: 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ)
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Subject: Re: status of Ada STL?
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Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote in message news:<wcchek0xpiv.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>...

> C compatibility isn't the only thing.  There's also the fact that lots
> of people are used to C-like syntax.  Java isn't even close to
> compatible with C, but C programmers can feel comfortable with it,
> because it sort of looks like C -- I have no proof, but I suspect that's
> a big part of the reason Java caught on.

WOW! I can't believe I actually read that! Give that man the biggest
frickin' cigar even rolled!

By the way, it ain't just compatibility with C that's important. It's
compatibility with every major language in use today, such as C, C++,
Java, Perl, Python, and even Fortran. Not a one of them uses ":="!
Every last one of them uses "=" for assignment. WAKE UP, FOLKS!