Why is python not written in C++ ?

[Paul Rubin]

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> writes:
> > The Ada 2012 Language Reference Manual is 860 pages ...
> Yeah, unfortunately the language was designed by a committee ...
> It seems apt to describe the resulting design as “bulletproof”, but 
> “elegant” or “concise” ... not so much.

I'd say the Ada standardizers went to a great deal of trouble to specify
and document stuff that other languages simply leave undefined, leaving
developers relying on implementation-specific behavior that's not part
of the standard.  Ada itself is not necessarily more complicated.