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Subject: Re: Suitability of Ada as a general-purpose language
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:34:42 +0200
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Le Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:19:39 +0200, Ludovic Brenta  =

<ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> a =C3=A9crit:

> See
> http://hammerprinciple.com/therighttool/items/ada/pascal
>
> --
> Ludovic Brenta.

The funniest is at the very bottom (the one which most applies to Pascal=
,  =

with 5/5 for Pascal over Ada):

    =E2=80=9CI often write things in this language with the
     intent of rewriting them in something else later=E2=80=9D.

A bit too much severe with Pascal by the way; many are worst.

-- =

=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