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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: How do I write directly to a memory address?
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Hyman Rosen wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> On 3/2/2011 9:34 AM, Ludovic Brenta wrote:
>
>> OTOH, it is also true that interfacing Ada with a weakly-typed
>> language such as SQL and C is just as error-prone as programming in
>> SQL or C in the first place.
>
> I don't understand or believe the claim that programming in SQL is
> error-prone, whether directly or through an interface. I also don't
> understand or believe the claim that SQL is weakly typed.
>
> Can you explain?

If you insist: http://xkcd.com/327/

Also, SQL lacks integer types with range checking like Ada has had
since
1979.

--
Ludovic Brenta.