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From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because...
Date: 1996/07/22
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Kevin said

"Let me back off one thing, though.  I don't mean to say that C is "superior"
to ADA; I'd have to be an expert at both, not just one to actually have an
opinion.  What I mean is that I like C, and I don't like ADA; so for me, C is
"better"."

Yes, but you don't know Ada (not even how to spell the name of the language!)
as has been clear from your previous posts. You probably also don't like
COBOL and know nothing about it.

It would be one thing to say "I know and like C, and I don't know Ada, so
for me, C is 'better'", but I think it is safer not to take a dislike
to languages you don't know (althought that certainly is common -- hands
up now all those who are sure they don't like COBOL without knowing
a thing about it :-)