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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-01 08:45:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!deine.net!freenix!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Michal Nowak Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 17:45:28 +0100 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: <3wdH7.20135$xS6.32614@www.newsranger.com> <9tqete0gqc@drn.newsguy.com> <3C0924D6.2B5A3087@adaworks.com> <250220022121494455%thehouseofcards@remove.this.part.mac.com> <3C7B0B13.3080003@worldnet.att.net> <3C7D1C89.2000803@home.com> <3C7E7CAD.7070504@mail.com> <3C7F0F16.480CAFE1@adaworks.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1015001103 66068 137.194.161.2 (1 Mar 2002 16:45:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:45:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: In-reply-to: <3C7F0F16.480CAFE1@adaworks.com> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.20.01.01 (3) Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: vinnie@inetia.pl List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20652 Date: 2002-03-01T17:45:28+01:00 On 2002-02-28 at 21:18 Richard Riehle wrote: >Hyman Rosen wrote: > >> Michal Nowak wrote: >> > Another issue when learning a programming language is if the learner >> > likes it. Maybe that is why learning Ada came rather easily to me. >> >> I know I have a visceral dislike for the Pascal-style languages. >> Pascal, Modula-N, Oberon, Ada - they all just rub me the wrong >> way when I look at them. It's hard for me to appreciate that Ada >> is intended to be reader-friendly when my brain is going "yuck" >> whenever I look at some code. >> >> Hmm. Wirth, Ichbiah, you - maybe it's some sort of Europe/America >> thing :-) > >There is a credible rumor that the we are on the verge of a world-wide >shortage of curly braces. When we exhaust the remaining supply, >everyone will have to switch to some language not in the C family. :-) Assuming, that nobody builds a factory of this resource :-) -Mike,