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=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 30 Mar 92 18:58:16 GMT From: nuchat!shell!pern!rgh@uunet.uu.net (Richard G. Hash) Subject: Re: Request for Info Regarding Frightening Problems Message-ID: <1992Mar30.185816.25405@shell.shell.com> List-Id: >>>>...Aside from all other problems inherent with Ada, which are many >>>>and frightening... >>> >>>Could you list those problems? Especially the frightening ones? >> >>Often in the vacinity of a particularly dangerous passageway or near >>some narrow channel through which ships must pass, or in waterways in >>which dangerous tides are liable to drive ships into rocks or other >>hidden obstructions, there will be a warning beacon of some sort; some >>kind of a repeated signal to prevent the unwary from coming to harm. >> >>In similar vein, I have prepared the following little selection of horror >>stories, to post to this group and on other similar forums once in a while >>as a similar warning to those whose projects are in danger of cracking up >>on the shoals of Ada. > > > > >Great Scott!! And all this time I've been happily sailing along, writing >successful Ada code in blissful ignorance of its impossibility. After >reading this post, I feel like the proverbial bumblebee who's just been >told he can't fly. For those of you who subscribe to comp.lang.c++, and who see 150+ daily posts along the lines of "How does blurfl work?", "Why doesn't work?", "Why do I get a segmentation fault when I ?", "How come this works under but won't compile under ", ad nauseum, you have already quickly realized that Teds post was intended for April 1, but his itchy fingers couldn't wait. Ted's been predicting gloom and despair for years, and telling us all how everything we're doing in Ada is a dismal failure, and it will never work. Despite Mr. Holdens expert opinion our successes indicate otherwise. The "frightening" thing is that someone out just might have listened to him. Gee Ted, I've almost missed you. -- Richard G. Hash Shell Bellaire Research Center (713) 245-7311 E-Mail: rgh@shell.com or rgh@shell.uucp or rgh%shell.uucp@sun.com or rgh%shell.uucp@rice.edu or ...!{sun,bcm,rice,psuvax1,decwrl,cs.utexas.edu}!shell!rgh