Sujet : Re: "White House to Developers: Using C or C++ Invites Cybersecurity Risks"
De : david.brown (at) *nospam* hesbynett.no (David Brown)
Groupes : comp.lang.c++ comp.lang.cDate : 08. Mar 2024, 09:01:21
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On 08/03/2024 00:43, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 14:34:50 +0100, David Brown wrote:
It used to be a running joke that if you managed to get your Ada code to
compile, it was ready to ship.
That joke actually originated with Pascal.
I didn't know that.
Though I suppose Ada took it to
the next level ...
It seems much more appropriate for Ada (though Pascal also had stricter checking and stronger types than most other popular languages had when Pascal was developed).