From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a5e:9413:: with SMTP id q19-v6mr2001950ioj.106.1530766995499; Wed, 04 Jul 2018 22:03:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:aca:f495:: with SMTP id s143-v6mr1033394oih.7.1530766995343; Wed, 04 Jul 2018 22:03:15 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.freedyn.net!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!u78-v6no2317985itb.0!news-out.google.com!z3-v6ni2412iti.0!nntp.google.com!u78-v6no2317984itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 22:03:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <530907990.552448696.968268.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=47.185.195.62; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.185.195.62 References: <856189aa-fa00-4960-929e-174f352310ad@googlegroups.com> <2718c8d4-5f35-4fd8-a1aa-1e60069a7a5d@googlegroups.com> <39fce60c-9f56-42fb-b679-fa08810b00ee@googlegroups.com> <3701bf07-89a5-4cb0-a704-5aebb589ca79@googlegroups.com> <2f5e4ce0-94e8-4b94-9da7-045ec90a9b22@googlegroups.com> <18554067-1382-4b43-a832-2d27aa5117d7@googlegroups.com> <8dc19505-b68a-403c-a164-f1de1864f3f1@googlegroups.com> <559657f8-bbf4-4a70-9449-f85bc98d6c6b@googlegroups.com> <590d4672-4aef-42a5-823c-57ccd291115a@googlegroups.com> <746e96b9-d5a3-449a-a053-f7f7788a6619@googlegroups.com> <8d1667cb-03dc-4ab3-b521-cd82ab39f36c@googlegroups.com> <530907990.552448696.968268.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Teaching C/C++ from Ada perspective? From: "Dan'l Miller" Injection-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 05:03:15 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53635 Date: 2018-07-04T22:03:15-07:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 9:01:43 PM UTC-5, Luke A. Guest wrote: > Dan'l Miller wrote: >=20 > > Btw, C++ as currently defined "cannot ever" score that point, whereas A= da > > can bring back R1000 at any time all we need is $6 million. Gentlemen= , > > we can rebuild him; we have the technology. The world's 2nd bionic Ad= a > > development environment. > > https://youtu.be/bGO57y4td-c?t0 >=20 > I=E2=80=99m with Maciej in this one, I don=E2=80=99t get the fascination = with all this > ancient Ada stuff, R1000, DIANA, DB storage, program library, etc. Gee, _The Six Million Dollar Man_ prologue means nothing to you in Great Br= itain? Sheesh. (Apparently you weren't 6 years old in 1974ish.) Okay, for ye of little faith, how about something higher-brow instead: =E2=80=9CProgress, far from consisting in change, depends on =E2=80=A2reten= tiveness=E2=80=A2. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction = is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual= . =E2=80=A2=E2=80=A2Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repea= t [C++'s mistakes]=E2=80=A2=E2=80=A2.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94George Santayana (1906) _The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human P= rogress: Volume 1: Reason in Common Sense_