Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site cwruecmp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!cwruecmp!radack From: radack@cwruecmp.UUCP (Gerald Radack) Newsgroups: net.lang.ada,net.lang.pascal,net.lang.c Subject: Re: Ada versus C versus Pascal Message-ID: <1282@cwruecmp.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 15:36:27 EDT Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.1282 Posted: Thu Jul 18 15:36:27 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jul-85 05:23:19 EDT References: <205@tut.UUCP> Reply-To: radack@cwruecmp.UUCP (Gerald Radack) Organization: CWRU Dept. Computer Eng., Cleveland, OH Lines: 13 Xref: watmath net.lang.ada:301 net.lang.pascal:332 net.lang.c:5671 Summary: In article <205@tut.UUCP> jv@tut.UUCP (Jukka Vanhala) writes: >Professor John H. Carson was quoted in Computer Design june -85. >He speaks about strong typing in different languages and says: > - C is a language for consenting adults > - Pascal is a language for children when you don't want > them to be naughty > - Ada is a language for criminals >Well, I would say it another way: > - Ada is a language for software engineers Does this mean that software engineers are criminals? gerry radack ..!decvax!cwruecmp!radack