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"Preben Randhol" <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org> wrote in
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> C++ programmers will claim to their death that they are infallible and
> everybody else isn't. However, none of them seem to understand how
ignorant
> they are...

And this is different from Ada programmers how?

There are obviously two groups here.  First, there are the Ada guys who seem
to think that modern C++ is the same language Dennis Ritchie invented 30
years ago.  Then there are the C++ guys who view Ada as a sort of military
style Cobol.

The two camps are equally close to the truth.

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