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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:30:17 -0400
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Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote:
> In the end yours is not a justifiable statement WRT to Ada.
> It does not compare at all to Ada (which is what the discussion
> was). Unless you bring metrics into the discussion, and involve
> metrics that can be compared to Ada, you are then just stating
 > an opinion (above) that C is as good as Ada (or something to that
 > effect), and offering Linux as some sort of proof.
> 
> The bottom line is that unless Linux is perfect, you
> cannot state that Ada could not have done better.

Unsurprisingly, you don't get it. The burden of proof is on you,
not me, because you are the one trying to move people away from
the established uses of C and C++ over to Ada. Linux and Microsoft
operating systems and applications serve as existence proofs of the
ability to use C and C++ to build good, stable systems, systems
which are used every day by millions of people to get their work
done. Ariane 5 is an existence proof that the mere use of Ada in
the building of a system is not a panacea against disaster.

Furthermore, Ada is a language where many people who were forced
to use it during the mandate fled from its use afterward, apparently
not having noticed the benefits it was supposed to confer on the
development process.