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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: Ada Popularity: Comparison of Ada/Charles with C++ STL (and Perl)
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jayessay <nospam@foo.com> wrote:
 
: I don't think this thread "proves" anything.  Also there is nothing in
: this thread to indicate in any sense that an "overiding concern for
: safety" should make code longer.  Certainly there is nothing in any of
: the Ada given that is more checked or "safe" than in the Lisp examples.

I also don't think that this thread "proves" anything. Certainly it
doesn't "prove" that static type checking doesn't add to safety.


-- Georg