Which language is the best (was Re: Ada)

[Don Allingham]

Ok.  I've been wading though this trash for long enough.  Let's try to
put some reason into this garbage.

To Mr. Wolfe:
 
Just because someone is not writing in ADA, it does not
mean that they are not writing responsible code.  Nor does the fact
that some UNIX programmers like to put cute messages in the man page
mean that all C programmers don't care about bugs.  Please don't do to
comp.lang.c what you did to alt.cobol.  We are here in comp.lang.c to
discuss C, not to listen to rant and rave.

To the Ada bashers:

While I do not know ADA, I am sure that it has its place.  No, it is
probably not perfect.  Neither is C, C++, FORTRAN, PASCAL, LISP, or
Basic.  Face it.  Even with ANSI C, C is still not perfect.  You can
bash ADA all you want, but it will not go away.  Accept ADA as another
alternate language.  Who knows, someday you may find it to be the best
language for an application.

Most (if not all) languages have their place.  I would not write an
operating system in COBOL, but then C is probably not the easiest
language in the world to write a financial program.  Pascal is
supposed to be an educational language, and yes, several good
commercial programs have been written in it (just ask Apple).

Each language has its drawbacks.  That does not mean that it is not
any good.  Where I work, we use many languages, including LISP, C,
C++, Pascal, and FORTRAN.  The code tends to be reliable not because
of the language, but because of the process we use to check quality.

Now please, take this discussion to alt.religion.computers and leave
us to discuss C.

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Don Allingham           
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