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From: jlg@lanl.gov (Jim Giles)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Re^6: Some things that pointer-less languages can't do efficiently
Message-ID: <4551@lanl.gov>
Date: 31 Oct 90 19:47:32 GMT
References: <35S67X@xds13.ferranti.com>
Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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From article <35S67X@xds13.ferranti.com>, by peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva):
> In article <422@data.UUCP> kend@data.UUCP (Ken Dickey) writes:
> [...]
>> [Seriously, let's take the language bashing off-line]
> 
> Huh? Who's language-bashing?

Besides, what's wrong with language bashing?  This _IS_ comp.lang.misc
after all.  It seems to me that the only purpose of this newsgroup is
to discuss new languages, availablility of language processors, and
language features (good and bad).  If this results in bashing certain
languages with more than their fair share of 'bad' language features -
that's just part of the correct function of this newsgroup.  In fact,
how is it possible to discuss the relative merits of different languages
without 'bashing' some of them (at least in part)?

J. Giles