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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Re: Heartbleed
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 04:27:37 +0000 (UTC)
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> I just had an idea: Make a version of Ada with a compiler switch
> to remove all type checking!  This might be the key to making
> Ada popular? :)

  Remove all checking at both compile and run time (if indeed there's any
distinction).  What programmer wants a compiler that disses him?  If the
code seems weird, it must be that the programmer is being fiendishly
clever.  And you can't sell a program that won't compile!