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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Choosing C++ instead of Ada
Date: 1996/11/04
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Date: 1996-11-04T00:00:00+00:00
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"
One of their main reasons why they choose C++ over Eiffel, Ada etc. is:
They intend to confront the students with the "'dark side' of programming"
(verbatim!) to better prepare them for reality."


I think they mean the dark side of coding, not of programming, but then
very often university professors teaching these kinds of courses don't
make this distinction :-)