[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <kegcsp$nke$3 at dont-email.me>,
	Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
> On 2013-02-01, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>> In article <an0jjrFduj7U1 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>>
>>>I've seen more comments in COBOL than in Ada.  Does that make COBOL a
>>>better language for writing an F16 Flight Control System?
>>
>> Does that make Ada a better language for writing a financial application?
>>  
> 
> Actually, Ada probably _is_ a better language than COBOL for writing
> financial applications. :-)

Not a chance.  It is actually debatable that Ada is a better language
for any application.  If it had stuck to its original goals, maybe
but once it became a mouse designed by committee all bets were off.

bill

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