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| Re: Possible to write compiler to Java VM? salomon@silver.cs.umanitoba.ca (1996-01-30) |
| Re: Ada syntax tmoran@bix.com (1996-02-01) |
| Re: Ada syntax ddavenpo@redwood.DN.HAC.COM (1996-02-01) |
| Re: Ada syntax redhawk@flash.net (Ken & Virginia Garlington) (1996-02-03) |
| From: | tmoran@bix.com |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers,comp.lang.ada |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1996 21:42:39 -0500 |
| Organization: | Delphi Internet Services Corporation |
| References: | 96-01-130 |
| Keywords: | Ada, C |
Daniel J. Salomon said:
> I would bet that a lot of the code that you wrote and was rejected by
> an Ada compiler was not that illogical or unsafe. I bet that most of
> it was actually pretty reasonable.
My experience has often been that the way I was trying to do
something was in fact dumb, and I'm glad the compiler forced me to
think about it harder. YMMV
> ... Ada's philosophy seems to be, "When in doubt, forbid it." ...
> C's philosopy seems to be, "When in doubt, permit it. ...
C to me is like a second grade teacher, enthusiastically encouraging
whatever the student manages to produce. Ada is more like a fourth
grade teacher, sternly taking off points for every error.
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