A Quote by Larry Wall

It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.

Larry Wall

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ADA Former Programmers

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Larry Wall
Canadian - Businessman
Born: September 27, 1954

As a linguist, I don't think of Ada as a big language. Now, English and Japanese, those are big languages. Ada is just a medium-sized language.

Larry Wall

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