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 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Clubley Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: a new language, designed for safety ! Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 17:04:35 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <1402308235.2520.153.camel@pascal.home.net> <85ioo9yukk.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <255b51cd-b23f-4413-805a-9fea3c70d8b2@googlegroups.com> <5b446648-8193-46c4-b99c-015d86983758@googlegroups.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 17:04:35 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e458ff8b81bc0c159989eb0e36c6e372"; logging-data="20204"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/8T29OmlDUOeECdRH6GwxdR1fuGa8ecvo=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (VMS/Multinet) Cancel-Lock: sha1:flKdXcXJEYm4WPdYLZgHhEt7tsA= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:20295 Date: 2014-06-13T17:04:35+00:00 List-Id: On 2014-06-13, gvdschoot@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, June 13, 2014 3:16:38 PM UTC+2, Simon Wright wrote: >> gvds..@gmail.com writes: >> >> > The thing is: The languages with more options will win. You see that >> > with the Rust vs Go people. Go is a language that is close to >> > Oberon-14, with very well thought simplicity. Rust on the other hand >> > is *the* C++ replacement and it has all the features that makes code >> > hard to understand. But because of all these features it attracts the >> > developers of today. Non-determinism is a very good thing ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> > IMO. Reasonability results in good code that is easy to maintain. But ^^^^ >> > we don't live in that world anymore. >> >> I _hope_ you're being sarcastic. > > Why? I suspect Simon's reacting to the statement about non-determinism I've underlined. :-) (Another) Simon. -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world