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Subject: Re: Build language with weak typing, then add scaffolding later to
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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.