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Re:Airbus Chooses GNAT Pro Ada for Development of Unmanned A... by steveklabnik on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:18AM (#24492920)
It is not solid advice to suggest a book that's not even about the language that's being asked about.

There's a number of reasons why it's not solid advice, but here's a huge one: you have no context for why the person is asking. Maybe they already know Rust, and want to learn C. It comes off extremely poorly. I downvoted your parent myself, even.

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Re:Airbus Chooses GNAT Pro Ada for Development of Unmanned A... by adamnemecek on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:48AM (#24493780)
It's OK Steve, Jesus was also misunderstood :-).
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Re:Airbus Chooses GNAT Pro Ada for Development of Unmanned A... by steveklabnik on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:55AM (#24493856)
I would not draw that comparison. You knew it was bad behavior, hence the "haha." You're understood just fine, it's just not going to have the effect you want.
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Re:Airbus Chooses GNAT Pro Ada for Development of Unmanned A... by adamnemecek on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @12:02PM (#24493921)
I would rather have Hepatitis C than C.
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