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- From: chipr@niestu.com (Chip Richards)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- Date: 7 Mar 1996 12:58:26 GMT
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- In article <4hl082INNc7d@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>, Kazimir Kylheku wrote:
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- Computing g(x) when f(x) is intended falls under my definition of
- crap. It's a programming error that can have all kinds of consequences to
- the rest of the program whose detection is beyond the semantic analysis of
- any compiler.
-
- You've been milking this one bug for almost two weeks now. Get over it, man!
- Do you really do so little programming that one bug has occupied your
- attention for this long? Haven't you found any others yet? Wow, get busy!
-
- (Kazimir, in all seriousness, I bear you no ill will. You are clearly bright,
- fairly well informed, and are doubtless an asset to the programming community
- at large, and will become moreso in the future. But as you are finding out,
- you can't cling so firmly to your opinions without attracting the attention of
- people who want to loosen your hold on them just a bit! <grin> An open mind
- is your best defense.
-
- I look forward to hearing about your upcoming experience with Ada--I hope it
- proves a positive and enlightening one. Also, I sure hope it's Ada95.
-
- And I'd take *ten* Kazimir Kylheku rants in place of *one* post from CJ3!)
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- Chip
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