From: jan.de.kruyf@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Build language with weak typing, then add scaffolding later to strengthen it?
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 08:48:11 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2015-05-22T08:48:11-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cdfde782-bfd8-4ff4-a1ae-d399b61c4b72@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87egm839zd.fsf@theworld.com>
On Friday, May 22, 2015 at 5:31:05 PM UTC+2, Bob Duff wrote:
>
> > But I do say that old Dijkstra was right when he said that Ada was a
> > mess.
>
> Yeah, and look what we got instead. C++, for example.
>
> - Bob
Yes, and that was not Dijkstra's doing.
It was mankind that chose.
And I did say that I was not uncomfortable with Ada. Please read my post.
This thread seems to think that we will look better if we can heap scorn on other languages. Well it says a lot about the people that participate, and surprisingly little about those other languages.
Lets just pull together and make Ada better, That would be time well spend and much more enjoyable.
j.
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2015-05-21 19:11 Build language with weak typing, then add scaffolding later to strengthen it? Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-21 19:29 ` AdaMagica
2015-05-22 7:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-05-22 7:42 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-22 8:54 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-22 11:29 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-22 12:57 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-22 14:01 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-22 14:34 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-23 11:09 ` Peter Chapin
2015-05-22 15:37 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-22 16:29 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-22 17:39 ` Simon Clubley
2015-05-22 17:51 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-22 19:41 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-22 20:04 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-22 20:32 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-05-22 21:22 ` kalvin.news
2015-05-23 11:14 ` Peter Chapin
2015-05-23 12:42 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-05-23 17:48 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-25 8:34 ` Pascal Obry
2015-05-25 10:22 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-25 18:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-22 20:39 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-28 22:33 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 6:56 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-23 12:40 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-25 7:14 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-25 12:26 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-25 18:44 ` Shark8
2015-05-25 19:54 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-25 21:25 ` Shark8
2015-05-26 7:46 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-26 8:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-25 20:01 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-25 20:04 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-25 20:37 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-26 7:52 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2015-05-26 11:43 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-26 15:38 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-28 23:39 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 8:51 ` Stefan.Lucks
2015-05-29 18:04 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-05-29 21:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-30 10:28 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-30 11:12 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-05-30 13:21 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-30 15:00 ` Simon Clubley
2015-05-30 18:40 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-30 16:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-05-30 20:52 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-31 8:31 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-31 8:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-06-04 15:31 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-06-04 17:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-06-04 20:14 ` Shark8
2015-06-04 23:12 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-06-01 21:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-06-04 15:22 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-27 13:41 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-25 23:05 ` Peter Chapin
2015-05-26 8:01 ` Sylvain Laperche
2015-05-26 8:20 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-26 8:49 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-26 12:36 ` Simon Clubley
2015-05-26 13:39 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-26 14:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2015-05-26 16:19 ` Shark8
2015-05-26 20:51 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-05-26 17:11 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-05-28 23:49 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 21:54 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 22:32 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-05-26 8:17 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-28 22:46 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-28 23:18 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2015-05-29 21:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 7:55 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-29 9:27 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-29 10:23 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-29 12:01 ` G.B.
2015-05-29 13:43 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-29 15:32 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-29 15:57 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-29 9:31 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2015-05-29 10:37 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-29 10:56 ` Björn Lundin
2015-05-29 12:03 ` Peter Chapin
2015-05-29 21:00 ` Shark8
2015-05-29 20:57 ` Shark8
2015-05-29 21:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-06-01 22:20 ` Shark8
2015-05-29 21:45 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-05-29 23:12 ` Peter Chapin
2015-05-30 9:10 ` Georg Bauhaus
2015-05-23 13:01 ` Luke A. Guest
2015-05-22 17:57 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-22 18:31 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-22 14:03 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-22 15:21 ` David Botton
2015-05-22 15:23 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-22 15:31 ` Bob Duff
2015-05-22 15:48 ` jan.de.kruyf [this message]
2015-05-22 14:25 ` G.B.
2015-05-22 15:04 ` Bill White
2015-05-22 15:28 ` Bob Duff
2015-05-22 17:46 ` Simon Clubley
2015-05-22 18:16 ` jan.de.kruyf
2015-05-22 19:01 ` Simon Wright
2015-05-22 19:41 ` jan.de.kruyf
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