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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Subject: Re: a new language, designed for safety !
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:30:07 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2014-06-16, Georg Bauhaus <rm-host.bauhaus@maps.futureapps.de> wrote:
> On 16/06/14 08:08, Georg Bauhaus wrote:
>> On 16/06/14 02:35, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> I wonder if today's language designers even know what a Wirth style
>>> language looks like.
>>
>> You mean, neither cool nor marketable?
>
> Seriously, from these adjectives follows that referring to Wirth
> style languages will likely sound preachy. Not the attitude that
> one would want associated with a language designed for free,
> enthusiastic, up-to-date people.
>

Actually, I just was wondering if today's students are still exposed
to these types of languages or if such languages are alien to them.

Simon.

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