"W. Wesley Groleau x4923" wrote:
> This is the primary reason for NOT going to C++.  Ada is the
> best choice for avoiding such errors, with Eiffel a close second.
> A distant third is Java.  C and C++ are close to the bottom of the
> for defect-prevention.

Certainly modern dialects of Pascal are at least as good as Java in
error-prevention.

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Jeff Carter
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail