Re: Ichibah flames, and flames out over, Ada 9X

[841613t@dragon.acadiau.ca (Don Tyzuk)]

news@fedfil.UUCP (news) writes:


>You should start by finding out who Charles Anthony Richard Hoare is, and 
>what the ACM is, and what the Touring award is.  You should then find a
>copy of the lecture which Mr. Hoare delivered on the occasion of his
>receiving the Touring award from the ACM in 1980.  You should then
>read that paper from beginning to end, and inform your local community
>as to what you have learned.

Dear Ted:

I have read Hoare's Turing award lecture, long prior to any interest
in Ada.  I would say then that I am not putting blinders on w.r.t.
the remarks in the lecture about Ada, because I formed my opinion
"pre-Ada".

I found Hoare's comments to be reactionary and un-substantiated.  I will
include them in my talk because I believe in presenting a balanced view.

Anyway, if one presents a one-sided argument full of rhetoric, it only
serves the purpose of the other side.

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