Re: ARPA still undermining Ada

[Richard G. Hash <rgh@shell.com>]

In <Cy5nxM.pn@research.att.com> bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup <9758-26353> 0112760) writes:
>  > RMS was quite contemptuous of C++ in his remarks.  He felt that C++ had
>  > some serious deficiencies.  G++ included some "fixes" but if the user
>  > wanted "standard" C++ features, they could invoke the "BS" switch.  RMS
>  > said that he had expressed his concerns to Bjarne but was told "If you
>  > think you can do it better, go ahead".  (Caveat: see above.)
> 
> That description does not square with my recollection.
> 	- Bjarne

Perhaps you are meaning the "description" of your alleged remark -
but the the original posters description of the RMS Tri-Ada remarks
are bang-on-the-dot (there were probably a thousand folks there,
expecting an anti-Ada tirade, only to find someone who said "I think
Ada is Pascal with all the problems fixed, it's pretty nice", and
who left disappointed they didn't get to hear a good tirade).

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