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   Robert A Duff to Jr."   
   Re: Has anyone hand-written a scanner/pa   
   23 Nov 08 17:32:57   
   
   From: bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com   
      
   "Charles E. Bortle, Jr."  writes:   
      
   > As to implementation language, I would still pick a Pascal-like   
   > language.  (I know...That was then, This is Now ;-) (I exclude ADA,   
   > which just gutted and emasculated Pascal) and personally I don't care   
   > for C (or even C++).   
      
   The above comment about Ada seems strange to me.  Ada is far more   
   powerful than Pascal (some would say "far more bloated").  But certainly   
   not "gutted and emasculated" compared to Pascal.   
      
   - Bob   
      
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