From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.224.86.200 with SMTP id t8mr17898784qal.0.1373137178928; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:59:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.126.33 with SMTP id mv1mr790335igb.1.1373137178885; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:59:38 -0700 (PDT) Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!t19no604389qam.0!news-out.google.com!f7ni1003qai.0!nntp.google.com!t19no604383qam.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 11:59:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.20.190.126; posting-account=lJ3JNwoAAAAQfH3VV9vttJLkThaxtTfC NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.20.190.126 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist? From: Shark8 Injection-Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 18:59:38 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Original-Bytes: 2236 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:182300 Date: 2013-07-06T11:59:38-07:00 List-Id: On Saturday, July 6, 2013 11:41:32 AM UTC-6, Jeffrey Carter wrote: > On 07/06/2013 12:04 AM, Dufr wrote: >=20 > The worse the language, the greater the number of posts it will have givi= ng code=20 > examples and problems and solutions. A poorly designed language has more= =20 > "gotchas" and inconsistencies, leading to a greater proportion of its use= rs=20 > encountering difficulties with the language and posting problems encounte= red,=20 > and a greater number of posts illustrating useful "tricks" needed to use = the=20 > language successfully. I agree -- this is why PHP is so popular in web-searches (e.g. the TIOBE In= dex), because the language is FULL of gotchas and inconsistencies and poor = design. Like this: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=3D29992 -- note how the = duplicating of the penultimate element is considered NOT A BUG!