From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 24 Mar 92 18:54:01 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ennews!enuxha.ea s.asu.edu!koehnema@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Harry Koehnemann) Subject: Re: Why ADA? Message-ID: <1992Mar24.185401.13613@ennews.eas.asu.edu> List-Id: In article <92084.001321HOLNESSI@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> HOLNESSI@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (I ain D. Holness) writes: > BUT, on the flip side, it is > causing an evolution in my programming style and those of my two > partners, because we are more sensitive to what is proper and correct. Many people have said that the gains we will see in our migration to Ada will not come from the language itself. Rather they will come from the exposure to basic SE principles that will take place when learning the Ada language, even if not from formal instruction. It is interesting to see an example of this. I'd bet your C programs would look quite a bit different now compared to C programs you had written before this understanding. -- Harry Koehnemann koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu