Re: Who uses Ada??

[cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu !mars.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu!larry@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Larry Maturo)]

In article <1992Nov5.015812.17210@fcom.cc.utah.edu> val@news.ccutah.edu (Val Ka
rtchner) writes:
>larry@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Larry Maturo) writes:
>: You left out the important and growing group of those who must use Ada and
>: after having had to use would not switch even if they could.  Try it,
>: you'll like it.
>
>I've tried it.  (Assuming you call >28KSLOC/yr trying.)  I don't like it.
>I prefer to use the right tool for the job.  If that's Ada, then I'll
>use that.  However, many people only know one language and assume that
>that language is best for everything.
>
>I consider it telling that it is endorsed (by mandate) by an organization
>which can't balance it's collective checkbook (and many individual ones).
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As I said in an earlier post I think it's silly to only know and/or use one
language.  Languages are tools, one size does not fit all.  On the other hand,
I find it hard to believe that there are people who don't find Ada the right
tool for any job.  I suspect the problem is with them more than with Ada.  Heck
,
I've even found problems best solved by assembly language at times.  And of
course, whatever language is the right tool for the job you should like while
you are doing that job since if it's the right tool it's saving you time and/or
effort better spent else where.

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