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Re:Driving with D by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @11:44AM (#27356299)
Agree. I think this is one of the reasons Ada has seen (and continues to see) so little use.
Re:Driving with D by pjmlp on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @04:01PM (#27373364)
Coming from the Pascal side of programming, the syntax doesn't help to gain adoption in hacker community that grew out of UNIX culture.

In a way I think it is a kind of revenge that most newer languages adopt Pascal style variable and type declarations.