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Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int')

From cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups comp.lang.misc, comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int')
Date 2026-05-13 20:20 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <10u2mfa$8uu$2@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
References <10su8cn$am9i$1@dont-email.me> <10u0i22$1l93l$29@dont-email.me> <3I%MR.164$5G1.84@fx35.iad> <10u2jgv$2t96p$5@kst.eternal-september.org>

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In article <10u2jgv$2t96p$5@kst.eternal-september.org>,
Keith Thompson  <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
>> Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
>[...]
>>>I wonder about why you put Ada just in the "academic box".
>>
>> Because the first ADA compiler I used came from NYU. :-)
>
>It's Ada, not ADA.  It's a person's name, not an acronym.

Perhaps Scott was alluding to its design reminding one of the
era in which only upper case characters were available on one's
teletype.  :-D

	- Dan C.

(I'm kidding again.  I actually don't think Ada is a terrible
language.)

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Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-10 13:05 +0000
  Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-12 02:28 +0100
    Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 18:37 -0700
      Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-12 22:32 +0100
        Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-12 15:28 -0700
          Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-13 02:49 +0200
        Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-12 23:21 +0000
          Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-13 02:53 +0200
            Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-13 14:15 +0000
              Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-13 12:30 -0700
                Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-13 20:20 +0000
    Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-12 02:40 +0000
      Re: Alternatives to C (was Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int') Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-12 15:11 +0100

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