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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,37ed89588a753b4c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-27 18:12:02 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uunet!psinntp!shellgate!camo!rgh From: Richard G. Hash Subject: Re: ARPA still undermining Ada Message-ID: Sender: usenet@shellgate.shell.com (USENET News System) Reply-To: rgh@shell.com Organization: Shell Bellaire Research Center References: <37u1h3$hpd@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <37uif1$i27@oahu.cs.ucla.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 16:52:44 GMT Date: 1994-10-27T16:52:44+00:00 List-Id: In bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup <9758-26353> 0112760) writes: > > RMS was quite contemptuous of C++ in his remarks. He felt that C++ had > > some serious deficiencies. G++ included some "fixes" but if the user > > wanted "standard" C++ features, they could invoke the "BS" switch. RMS > > said that he had expressed his concerns to Bjarne but was told "If you > > think you can do it better, go ahead". (Caveat: see above.) > > That description does not square with my recollection. > - Bjarne Perhaps you are meaning the "description" of your alleged remark - but the the original posters description of the RMS Tri-Ada remarks are bang-on-the-dot (there were probably a thousand folks there, expecting an anti-Ada tirade, only to find someone who said "I think Ada is Pascal with all the problems fixed, it's pretty nice", and who left disappointed they didn't get to hear a good tirade). -- Richard G. Hash email: rgh@shell.com Shell Development Company, Bellaire Research Center phone: (713) 245-7311 Member Team Ada Free Ada94 compilers: cs.nyu.edu:/pub/gnat