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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.92.169 with SMTP id cn9mr16253431obb.45.1405548605695; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:10:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.4.1 with SMTP id g1mr249097obg.3.1405548605552; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:10:05 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.glorb.com!h18no2803356igc.0!news-out.google.com!gf2ni865igb.0!nntp.google.com!h18no2803355igc.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:10:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=148.203.156.251; posting-account=qD0YkwoAAAARwEQC2nUh4o07QkqQZQp2 NNTP-Posting-Host: 148.203.156.251 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: why the pascal family of languages (Pascal, Ada, Modula-2,2,Oberon, Delphi, Algol,...) failed compared to the C family? From: torralbaduran@gmail.com Injection-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:10:05 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:20983 Date: 2014-07-16T15:10:05-07:00 List-Id: Well, yes they are popular... But keep in mind this motto I've used for my = whole life; "IF EVERYBODY DOES IT, DOES NOT MEAN IT'S RIGHT. IF NOBODY DOES= IT, DOES NOT MEAN IT IS WRONG" Now, who would you blame if your cancer chemiotherapy supplies you with a f= ull dose of radiation (http://www.ccnr.org/fatal_dose.html)? Or the softwar= e that controls the breaks in your car fail (http://www.safetyresearch.net/= blog/articles/toyota-unintended-acceleration-and-big-bowl-%E2%80%9Cspaghett= i%E2%80%9D-code)? ADA will catch on... just give it time :)