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On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:36:52 +0000, mm0fmf via Python-list
<python-list@python.org> declaimed the following:

>On 10/11/2015 20:14, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>> The Ada language defines the end of Text file to consist of
>
>It is 15 years this month since I last worked in place that used Ada. I 
>think that calls for a wee dram to celebrate ;-)

	Given that a dram is 1/8 of a "fluid ounce" that leads to the
conclusion that a "wee dram" is based on US standard fluid once, vs British
standard fluid ounce...


	My language preferences do tend to be the extremes: Python for quick
throw-away stuff, Ada for more formal stuff (since it has a much more
rigorous syntax than Pascal, Modula-2, C/C++, Java -- no optional block
delimiters, no dangling else, etc.)

	Unfortunately, as a hobbyist dabbler at home, I can't justify the time
to port an Ada compiler to Arduino, TIVA, Propeller, Beaglebone (though the
latter may just be a case of porting the hardware access). So... I'm stuck
with variants of C for those devices (again, excluding the Linux based
Beaglebone)
-- 
	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
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