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   Carlo Pescio interviews Niklaus Wirth
   -------------------------------------

   pg.56
   CP: .........
   .....
   ...
   .
   .......in many cases C++ programmers would be happy to use a safer
   vewrsion of the langauage .... where pointers and arrays are clearly
   separated ,, where you get a warning when  .... you assign a floating
   point to a long integer ...

   NW: ....One may ... wonder why none has made ... a safe subset of C++ ...
   such attempt are bound to fail .. like the attempts to strengthen a house
   built on sand ...

   CP: ... what about Java?

   NW: ... Java's fame is due to massive p.r. ...

   (of course there are plugs for Pascal, Modula<N> and Oberon)





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