[Info-vax] C... the only winning move is not to play...

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In article <ouv0ta-sil1.ln1 at news.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>On 2014-02-13, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>> In article <ldj146$7fg$2 at dont-email.me>,
>> Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>On 2014-02-13, Bob Koehler <koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org> wrote:
>>>> In article <ldegvp$r54$1 at dont-email.me>,
>>>> Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> If you think C has strong typing, you should try Ada some time. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    At least in Ada we don't have to sit arounf wondering what "}" means
>>>>    on this line.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Oh, I agree. :-)
>>>
>>>In case it's not obvious from previous postings, I like Ada (and Wirth
>>>style languages in general).
>>
>> If Ada is a Wirth style language, does that imply the C is a Wirthless style
>> language?  :)
>
>Some would say that C doesn't have any sense of style at all.
>
>It is surely no coincidence that the rise in the popularity of C came in the
>same timeframe as that of the term "computer nerd" :-)

I thought LSD had much to do with it! ;)

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