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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Difference between ADA and c++
Date: 1997/08/27
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Jon says

<<I don't think Brian meant that this would make them easier to read (he
said "superior") I think it would make them more difficult to read,
but in some sense "easier to write"...>>

OK, but the only justification for a feature in Ada is if it makes programs
easier to read, or at the very least is neutral. Any feature that makes
programs more difficult to read is outside the design parameters. Ada has
always favored the reader over the writer in the design!