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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,beb0b7471c6440e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-21 23:57:22 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!nntp-relay.ihug.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.xtra.co.nz!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3BFA4095.8325D016@earthlink.net> <3BFA8AE3.48AE4F21@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9tfrtg$rkl$1@news.huji.ac.il> Subject: Re: 'Cyclone', a safer C--reinventing the wheel X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:57:17 +1300 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.55.167.224 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1006415700 210.55.167.224 (Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:55:00 NZDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:55:00 NZDT Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16824 Date: 2001-11-22T20:57:17+13:00 List-Id: "chris.danx" wrote in message news:bIXK7.6588$aW3.919092@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com... > > "Ehud Lamm" wrote in message > news:9tfrtg$rkl$1@news.huji.ac.il... > > chris.danx wrote in message > > news:RsyK7.1377$6W6.439742@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com... I wasn't going to join this thread, but since you've highlighted the *persistant* below I couldn't resist. Well, you see, according to the Webster's dictionary there is no such word, period. The best approximation would be *persistEnt* (pardon my use of the caps). And the whole point is that you or I can, may and will make mistakes, but it's up to the compiler to catch at *least* the simple ones like that. > That is not what i'm complaining about, it's the *persistant* C bashing (or > C decendant bashing) in this group, which rears it's head now and again. > I'm no fan of C (for some reason I can't program in it, no matter what I > do), but bashing it all the time is pointless. Not quite that pointless as you were kind enough to show. > What happens if a language comes about > that has the superior gains (in respect to development time, maintainance > costs, program correctness, etc) compared to Ada? That would be just great.