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Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate,
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In article <ubry881tb.fsf@nasa.gov>, Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov> writes:
> snarflemike@yahoo.com (Mike Silva) writes:
> 
>> OK, let's just all get ourselves on record.  I'll start:
>> 
>> I, an Ada programmer of sound mind and body, acknowledge that there
>> are hard problems that Ada does not catch.  I further acknowledge that
>> Ada will not catch each and every error which I am capable of
>> committing.  Lastly, I acknowledge that there are many problem types
>> which Ada is much more competent than I am to catch, and that by using
>> Ada I subject myself to shorter hours at work and more domestic
>> tranquility at home, and further that I rarely get to have the best
>> debugging war stories in the company lunchroom.
> 
> Me too :).

Me three.