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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.realtime,comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada)
Date: 11 Mar 2005 15:48:15 -0500
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"Jerry Coffin" <jcoffin@taeus.com> writes:

> Robert A Duff wrote:
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > If you really want to know about these languages that are being
> > discussed (Ada and C++) nothing beats reading a textbook or two.
> 
> Much as I hate to further my (undoubtedy bad) reputation for being
> disagreeable, I still have to disagree.
> 
> If you follow-up the reading with some real use, it beats reading alone
> by a wide margin, at least IME.

But I agree with that!  Your reputation as disagreeable is ruined. ;-)

On the other hand, if you do "real use" by itself, you're liable to fall
into the trap of thinking that "what my compiler happens to do" is equal
to "the language definition".

- Bob