Re: Why ADA?

[dtix!oasys!air4114a@uunet.uu.net (Steve Carr)]

In comp.lang.ada, news@fedfil.UUCP (news) writes:
>In article <1992Mar21.235624.1@jaguar.uofs.edu>, das11@jaguar.uofs.edu writes:
>
>>       at my university, they stress ada development.  why should i
>>       program in ada when there is c?  what does ada offer me?  please,
>>       do not give me the crap that c is a glorified assembler.
>
>>       if i program with good oo style, what does ada buy me that i
>>       can not do in c?
>
>Job security (since the same product in Ada will take many times as long
>as in C), the undying gratitude of senator Robert Byrd, numerous generals
>and other misinformed people in DOD, the gratitude of numerous psychiatrists,
>whose services you will require, the gratitude of this nations enemies, since
>Ada makes critical American software less reliable and many times longer
>in development than it should be...  Need more?
>
>Ted Holden
>HTE
>
>--
>HTE
>bear


Ted,

1.  When you transmit a comment like the above, don't you think
you should give the audience the benefit of figuring out who you
are, and who you represent, or which organization you work for?

2.  "HTE" doesn't tell me anything.

3.  You are of course, entitled to your views and you are
encouraged to express them in this type of forum.  However, full
identity disclosure in a professional forum, I would argue, lends
more weight to one's argument, and causes readers to take the
comments more seriously.  This said, if for no other reason than
the fact that it communicates to others that one has nothing to
hide, or has no special interest group ax to grind, and sincerely
believes in what he/she has transmitted.

Very Respectfully,
Steve Carr
CDR, SC, USN
Naval Air Systems Command (AIR-4114A)
Washington, DC 20361-4110
703-692-5661, 703-692-5690, FAX 703-692-8587
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