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=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_LOCAL_HEX, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,a9b0810d3106d9b8 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Vinzent Hoefler" <0439279208b62c95f1880bf0f8776eeb@t-domaingrabbing.de> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Fun with C Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:22:22 +0200 Message-ID: References: <27cf3992-4132-4483-9110-adc7a089cd4a@e8g2000vbz.googlegroups.com> <3ccf18a2-ba10-42bc-aeab-9368749961fb@a11g2000pro.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Trace: individual.net WGCtv1QmisMqHXbcHJlpLgZNyB9ejE0Jc4DTomMaL0dFxtzJEN Cancel-Lock: sha1:PssKyyXImbtglElY5+Sjf6iksnc= User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.10 (Win32) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18953 Date: 2011-04-21T18:22:22+02:00 List-Id: Elias Salom=C3=A3o Helou Neto wrote: > Interestingly, just like I said, C "pretends" people are reasonable, > while Ada does not. The second approach is far nearer the truth, as we= > all can see. One of my favorite quotes I read somewhere (Bruce Powell Douglas, I thin= k): " C treats you like a consent adult. Pascal treats you like a naughty child. Ada treats you like a criminal. " This also explains the different popularity of those languages. ;) Still= , when it comes to safety-critical, I'd rather be treated like a criminal = by a compiler than by a judge. :-> Vinzent. -- = A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people = carrying razors. -- Waldi Ravens