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Subject: Re: Compiler business prospects
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:05:06 +0100
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Le Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:43:03 +0100, <anon@att.net> a =C3=A9crit:
> Programmers do not want to spend their life re-writing code written in=

> Ada. That is, every new language release requires 80% to 95% of the Ad=
a
> code to be rewritten.

Are you talking about the Ada which is the topic of this Usenet ?

On the contrary, all languages release are done with backward  =

compatibility in mind (Randy often referred to this requirement here at =
 =

comp.lang.ada). The Reference Manual always points potential  =

incompatibilities, and these are not legions.

-- =

=E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1]
=E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.=
=E2=80=9D [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers=
ity