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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, HELO_NO_DOMAIN,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE,SPOOFED_FREEMAIL_NO_RDNS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-23 03:30:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Gautier Write-only-address" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Subtle Bugs, kudos Ada (was How Ada ...Red Code ...) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 10:29:12 +0000 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 998562599 67121 137.194.161.2 (23 Aug 2001 10:29:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 10:29:59 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Return-Path: X-Originating-IP: [194.40.39.20] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Aug 2001 10:29:12.0290 (UTC) FILETIME=[73658C20:01C12BBE] Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12319 Date: 2001-08-23T10:29:12+00:00 > > From one of the first books about C by K&R: > > "C was designed on the assumption that the programmer is someone >sensible who knows what he's doing" > > > > From the introduction of the Ada Reference Manual: > > "Ada was designed with the concern of programming as a human activity" > > The fact that these starting hypothesis lead to two completely different >philosophies > > of languages is left as a subject for meditation... >