[OT] Ada gems

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On Tuesday, 14 October 2014 at 20:47:14 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> Am 14.10.2014 um 22:08 schrieb "Ola Fosheim 
> =?UTF-8?B?R3LDuHN0YWQi?= <ola.fosheim.grostad+dlang at gmail.com>":
>> On Tuesday, 14 October 2014 at 19:49:08 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>>> Am 14.10.2014 um 17:30 schrieb eles:
>>>> On Tuesday, 14 October 2014 at 14:56:53 UTC, eles wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, 14 October 2014 at 13:52:24 UTC, eles wrote:

> I can use other languages *today* or wait until 2020 for C++17 
> to be available across all major compilers.

IIRC, the standard team said something that for C++17 will be 
many technical notes that will implement changes available in 
experimental, thus people should be able to include them in their 
code.

Of course, having the compilers implement those, is another 
matter.

In defense of C++, beyond its C roots & compatibility, it also 
have been the language that made the mistakes useful for the 
other languages. That is, Java and C# capitalized on C++'s 
mistakes by simply not repeating them. Of course, mistakes are 
obvious only after they are made and, as such, C++ was in the 
weakest position, just like any pioneer.