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From: "Matthew Heaney" <mheaney@on2.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada / C++ comparison paper
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:52:43 -0500
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"Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message
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> Just be aware when reading this paper that it's approaching ten years of
> age, and is full of the typical lies, half-truths, and drive-by shootings
that
> frustrated Ada advocates always promulgate against C++.

Your comment would be more helpful if you could provide specific examples of
the "lies and half-truths" in the paper.

I am fluent in both languages, and I happen to like both languages.  I
haven't read Ed's paper in several years, but maybe now is a good time to
read it again.