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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11232c,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-02 21:09:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!sdd.hp.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.ucsd.edu!not-for-mail From: Dr Chaos Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died) Followup-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 04:09:38 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Univ of Calif San Diego Message-ID: References: <9fa75d42.0305011727.5eae0222@posting.google.com> <4F03C83A9C6A478F.688C62D70A2EADA3.068FE6EB5E241C3B@lp.airnews.net> <9fa75d42.0305020507.6d071f2b@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lyapunov.ucsd.edu X-Trace: news1.ucsd.edu 1051934978 4730 132.239.222.85 (3 May 2003 04:09:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news1.ucsd.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 04:09:38 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:63078 comp.object:62619 comp.lang.ada:36898 misc.misc:13921 Date: 2003-05-03T04:09:38+00:00 List-Id: On 2 May 2003 06:07:52 -0700, soft-eng wrote: > > But the strong typing of C++ was designed to fit > well the existing C style of programming. nay. the clash between those and the existence of the "&" operator is responsible for many crimes. > In fact, > it was later retrofitted into C (without breaking most > existing code.)