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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message 
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> I don't claim that they could not be designed readable, but the fact that
> they are usually developed by groups of engineers strikes any chance for
> that. Language design is a very difficult task. There is no more than a
> dozen of people in the world who could do that.

I think you have this slightly wrong. Language design is a deceptively easy 
task, which makes everyone *think* they can do it. (Like me! And Bob. etc.) 
But getting a truly holistic design is very difficult, and has rarely been 
accomplished. We owe such a large debt to Jean Ichbiah for the solid 
foundation of Ada. (Bob and Tucker did a fine job with Ada 95, but the 
pattern was already set.)

                                             Randy.