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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: "White House to Developers: Using C or C++ Invites Cybersecurity
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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 09:01:21 +0100
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On 08/03/2024 00:43, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 14:34:50 +0100, David Brown wrote:
> 
>> It used to be a running joke that if you managed to get your Ada code to
>> compile, it was ready to ship.
> 
> That joke actually originated with Pascal.

I didn't know that.

> Though I suppose Ada took it to
> the next level ...

It seems much more appropriate for Ada (though Pascal also had stricter 
checking and stronger types than most other popular languages had when 
Pascal was developed).