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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,28cd155693714664 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-15 20:20:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news1.optus.net.au!optus!spool01.syd.optusnet.com.au!spool.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail From: Lyle McKennot Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 13:18:03 +1000 Organization: spam@spam.menot.com Reply-To: spam@spam.menot.com Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.49.79.94 X-Trace: 1024197477 28008 210.49.79.94 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26064 Date: 2002-06-16T13:18:03+10:00 List-Id: "David Botton" wrote: >Using Ada is the first step to solving these problems! It is a bit too late for good old Ada. Now, if the name could be changed, the syntax altered to look like C++ ( Yuck ! ) and MS persuaded to market it as Bill .NET, then it might have a chance :-)