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: why the pascal family of languages (Pascal, Ada, Modula-2,2,Oberon, Delphi, Algol,...) failed compared to the C family? Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:11:54 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:11:54 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e458ff8b81bc0c159989eb0e36c6e372"; logging-data="4301"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX199sfwcd9kX7dr5P2ie89jDkiK2Z2sj/J0=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (VMS/Multinet) Cancel-Lock: sha1:fN2hgSZrdNeKhuSrWR+4nxep66o= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:20999 Date: 2014-07-17T12:11:54+00:00 List-Id: On 2014-07-17, Simon Clubley wrote: > On 2014-07-17, Harvey White wrote: >> >> Another question is why does this matter? >> >> Popularity does help in that people still write toolchains. Otherwise, >> history seems to show good and popular are inversely related. And technology >> seems to be going in the direction of least common denominator. Lots to be >> said here. Not enough time to say it. >> > > It matters because if we can get people to start using a safer language > then maybe, just maybe, we might see a major reduction in the number > of security issues in common languages. > That should say "common libraries", not "common languages". Sorry. :-) Simon. -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world