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Old August 28th 06, 03:32 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Matt Whiting
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Bob Noel wrote:

In article ,
Grumman-581 wrote:


I've done Ada for NASA many years ago and even they eventually saw the
error in their ways and and went back to 'C'... Pascal is not even a
contender... Modula-II is quite a bit better than Pascal, but I'll
stay with C/C++ anyday...



yeah - C is a wonderful programming language for critical software.


You have me worried...

not.


Oh, much better now.

Yes, C is great for those who don't much care about the quality of their
software, which, unfortunately, is the preponderance of programmers.

Matt