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From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Newsgroups: net.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Re: Pascal vs. C (vs Ada)
Message-ID: <547@mako.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 16:22:41 EST
Article-I.D.: mako.547
Posted: Mon Jan 28 16:22:41 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 30-Jan-85 08:09:53 EST
Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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[Sorry for burdening the net with this, but our Postmaster couldn't seem to
 find this person.  This is an answer to a reply to one of my net postings
 which, come to think of it, may be of general interest.]
 
: From: jans@mako (Jan Steinman)
: To: usc-ecl.arpa:blarson%ecld@tektronix!uw-beaver!
: Subject: Re: Pascal vs. C
: 
: > I was going to send a flame, but forest fires don't fit over the net well.
: > Ada is one of the two worst languages I have ever seen.
: 
: You forgot to add, "in my opinion".  Perhaps you can explain your opinion
: better?  Have you actually used the language, or is your opinion based on
: "seeing" it?  (whatever that is)
: 
: I don't claim Ada is an end-all, and I'll certainly admit it has some
: problems, but I still feel it fills a need.  And regardless of what you or I
: think, it will be used and will be a major force in computing.  Whether one
: likes it or not, there are gobs of money in it for those who bother to learn
: and use it, instead of simply "flame throwing".
: 
: > Care to guess what the other is?
: 
: No, not really.
: 
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