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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Language Wars
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.075305.1@watt.ccs.tuns.ca>
From: macdonaldk@watt.ccs.tuns.ca
Date: 5 Jun 91 07:53:04 AST
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Theoretically, Ada should win the language war.  However, because of its
immense size, it is difficult to say that any particular Ada compiler will
compile code correctly, and efficiently.  The standard only requires the
program to compile; whether it runs correctly is up to the user to prove.

Some of the planners of the next version of Ada have suggested allowing a
subset to exist, which would be able to operate efficiently on microcomputers.