[Info-vax] [OT] Wirth style languages, was: Re: Obscure Ada compiler vendors?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <nospam-CA2D7B.15465008042013 at news.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
> 
> I recall the promotional material for Java claiming that C-like syntax 
> was a huge advantage because "everyone understands C".

   If everyone actually understood C, there wouldn't be so much code
   out there full of bugs.

   I think "everyone" is used to seeing C.