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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Draco keywords
Message-ID: <2133@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jun 88 13:50:57 GMT
References: <612@myrias.UUCP> <1922@hubcap.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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In article <1922@hubcap.UUCP>, disd@hubcap.UUCP (Gary Heffelfinger) writes:
> From article <612@myrias.UUCP>, by cg@myrias.UUCP (Chris Gray):
> > [some well-reasoned responses to a moderate flame]

> Well said.  After using Draco for even a few weeks I found it to be
> quite natural.  I'm always amused by the religious arguments that ensue
> when people are faced with something a little different.

Now, this is a moderate flame. My initial response to that comment was "what,
you mean like Chris Gray's religious arguments in his Transactor article?".

> Chris, don't change that feature of Draco.  Dare to be different.

I'll second this. Just bear in mind that there are some things in other
languages that Draco doesn't support... like compile-time initialisation of
structures... that it's going to need to support before certain people (such
as I) will consider it a serious competitor to 'C'. Particularly on the Amiga,
where you need to do these things all over the place.

I have a much longer article in the works, but I'm waiting for it to come back
from Chris Gray with his comments.
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