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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: status of PL/I as a viable language
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In article <1045772065.590669@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>, Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:

> Which is to say, complex systems can have complex failure modes,
> and the fact that some programming languages will catch simple
> errors isn't going to help at all with the complex ones.

The average denizen of comp.lang.ada does not claim that compiler
capabilities will solve all problems.  Some of us claim they _help_
with complex problems by freeing the humans from obsessing over
simple bugs, allowing more time for consideration of complex issues.