From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7b73eb137e4ed638 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-23 08:41:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Compilers Date: 23 May 2002 10:39:50 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: <$lv02ZbmDbG2@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <3CE2AF22.2060208@gmx.spam.egg.sausage.and.spam.net> <878z6kq4rr.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <3CE58053.2020809@gmx.spam.egg.sausage.and.spam.net> <2AEB9D17A335FB6F.78506B6494B0AFF3.EE290620571FE224@lp.airnews.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1022168392 28729 192.135.80.34 (23 May 2002 15:39:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 15:39:52 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24585 Date: 2002-05-23T10:39:50-06:00 List-Id: In article <2AEB9D17A335FB6F.78506B6494B0AFF3.EE290620571FE224@lp.airnews.net>, "John R. Strohm" writes: > (The argument is something like this: "Now, we all know that there really > aren't any silver bullets, right? There really aren't any magic wands you > can wave, that will just like magic give you 2x productivity improvement and > 1/4x defect density, right? Depending on your present circumstance, there may be a silver bullet that will give you those benefits. But there is no silver bullet that will give _everyone_ those benefits (irrespective of present circumstance).