Re: Why I like Ada

[Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org>]

On 2004-05-22, Per Dalgas Jakobsen <i@hate.spam> wrote:
>> I found this in a signature in a message in another newsgroup. I don't
>> know if Stroustrup actually said this, but it's true and funny.
>>> "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot;
>>> C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows
>>> your whole leg off."
>>> - Bjarne Stroustrup
>
> "C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula
> has his place in the history of the Roman Empire." (Robert Firth)

I like this:


  Ada
    After correctly packing your foot, you attempt to concurrently load
    the gun, pull the trigger, scream, and shoot yourself in the foot.
    When you try, however, you discover you can't because your foot is
    of the wrong type.


http://www.m5p.com/~pravn/foot.html

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