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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.231527.17834@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <C003EI.H3u@news.udel.edu> <1992Dec29.120344.13694@netcom.com> <1992Dec29.150728.18195@ra.msstate.edu> <1992Dec29.195705.2444@sequent.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:15:27 GMT
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- In <1992Dec29.195705.2444@sequent.com> furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec29.150728.18195@ra.msstate.edu> chambles@whale.st.usm.edu (John William Chambless) writes:
- >>
- >>When you mention a "general purpose" language designed by hundreds
- >>of programmers, I think of ADA .... and my reaction is:
- >>
- >>AAAAAAARrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhh!
- >>
- >>Thank you very much, but no, C is just fine for me.
- >>Really.
-
- >ADA: Another Dumb Adaptation...
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- If we're happy with C (I'm happier with C++, personally), why waste
- time and bandwidth bashing someone else's choice? There are people
- who love Ada; let them use it. What's the big deal?
-
- --
- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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- Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.
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