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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: a new language, designed for safety !
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On 06/17/2014 12:41 PM, Randy Brukardt wrote:
>
> As Jeff says, Ada is only for software engineers. Most people do not want to
> engineer software. (They shouldn't be allowed near a computer, IMHO, but
> that's never going to happen.) Ergo, Ada is only for an "elite" (and those
> who want to be "elite").

Some day, perhaps, liability issues will keep coders from designing important 
software and choosing the language to write it in, just as liability issues keep 
construction workers from designing bridges and choosing the materials to build 
them with. Until then, though, we have the construction workers designing the 
bridges.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Whatever it is, I'm against it."
Horse Feathers
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