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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because...
Date: 1996/06/29
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Date: 1996-06-29T00:00:00+00:00
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Kevin said

"C is better than Ada, because it doesn't pretend it knows more about
programming than I do, and doesn't prevent me from doing those things that are
upon rare occasion necessary.  Programming is C is like shaving with a razor;
as long as I know what I'm doing, there's no problem.   Programming in Ada is
like using a shaver; it 'protects' the incompetent and is no help to the
experts."

This surely can't be a real comment, it must be made up by some anti-C
fanatic :-)