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

[Paul Sture]

In article <x4RKk4gb9EmN at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
 koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) wrote:

> 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.

This was back in 1997, for me at least.

-- 
Paul Sture