Re: Anyone out there using Ada ?

From: linnix <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:20:55 -0700 (PDT)

"The 1980s will probably be remembered as the decade in which
programmers took a gigantic step backwards by switching from
secure Pascal-like languages to insecure C-like languages. I have
no rational explanation for this trend."

Have you seen any hardware device drivers in Pascal, before or after
1980?
.

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