Op Sat, 2 Dec 2006, schreef Bisma Jayadi:
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/7434
>
> Quoted:
> Linus concluded, "the C language has scoping rules for a reason. *If I wanted
> a language that didn't allow me to do anything wrong, I'd be using Pascal.* As
> it is, it turns out that things that 'look' wrong on a local level are often
> not wrong after all."
>
> Good material for object pascal propaganda. ;)
Alas, he doesn't. Linus Torvalds stronly disapproves of Pascal and this
statement should be viewed in that context: he wants a language that does
allow him to do anything wrong.
Funny thing is, L505 is in that thread and doing some nice advocacy :)
Daniël
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