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 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.ecp.fr!news.jacob-sparre.dk!loke.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Language ranking Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 16:23:08 -0500 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: static-69-95-181-76.mad.choiceone.net X-Trace: loke.gir.dk 1396560190 8725 69.95.181.76 (3 Apr 2014 21:23:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 21:23:10 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:19100 Date: 2014-04-03T16:23:08-05:00 List-Id: "Robert A Duff" wrote in message news:wcc38huqwq0.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com... ... > Perhaps, but we are in the infancy of programming language design, > and all of those languages have serious flaws that are independent > of application area. Which application area doesn't benefit > from readability? Which application area benefits from an > error-prone language? I bet you didn't expect everyone to semi-seriously answer those questions! The truth is, history suggests that lousy solutions end up more successful than truly well-designed solutions. Must be some sort of ingrained human thing. (Makes me sad to be human. :-) Randy.