From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Printing Enum Variable Re: Linux World
Date: 1999/03/10
Date: 1999-03-10T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1999Mar10.091406.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1999Mar9.131659. <dale-1003991644340001@r1021c-07.ppp.cs.rmit.edu.au
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In article <dale-1003991644340001@r1021c-07.ppp.cs.rmit.edu.au>, dale@cs.rmit.edu.au (Dale Stanbrough) writes:
> I would think the best form of advocacy is to go back through
> your development and field error logs and determine how many
> of them could have been prevented at compile time by using Ada,
> and present this to your manager.
Even if Ada did not exist, or even if you were in an all-Ada shop,
your shop should be keeping a log of "why did this problem occur".
With that as a neutral base, if your answers turn out to be all
"this language does not support compiler checks for X", you may
at least be leading toward a discussion of language policy.
> Another thing you could do (it worked for the U.S. Navy!)
> is to realise it is easier to seek forgiveness than permission.
> Write your software in Ada anyway, and then give it to them
> as a completed work! (mind you if i was a manager and you did
> this to me i'ld be inclined to sack you :-).
A different approach would be to do prototypes in Ada. That will
introduce the language, and sometimes organizations end up running
on the prototype for a while. Of course running on the prototype
for a while is not in anyone's _plan_, but the best laid plans...
Larry Kilgallen
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1999-03-02 0:00 Linux World Richard D Riehle
1999-03-02 0:00 ` fraser
1999-03-02 0:00 ` Printing Enum Variable " David Starner
1999-03-03 0:00 ` fraser
1999-03-03 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-03-03 0:00 ` fraser
1999-03-03 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1999-03-04 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-03 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-03-04 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-03-04 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-03-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-03-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-03-07 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-03-07 0:00 ` Michael Young
1999-03-07 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-07 0:00 ` Michael Young
1999-03-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-08 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-08 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-03-08 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-08 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-09 0:00 ` Michael Young
1999-03-09 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-09 0:00 ` billy
1999-03-10 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-03-10 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-10 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-03-10 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-10 0:00 ` bob
1999-03-10 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-03-10 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-10 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-03-10 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-10 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-03-09 0:00 ` Michael Young
1999-03-10 0:00 ` Mike Silva
[not found] ` <7c4ru6$e45$1@remarq.com>
1999-03-10 0:00 ` fraser
[not found] ` <7 <7c58qa$b6b$1@cf01.edf.fr>
1999-03-10 0:00 ` fraser
[not found] ` <1999Mar9.131659. <dale-1003991644340001@r1021c-07.ppp.cs.rmit.edu.au>
1999-03-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1999-03-07 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-03-08 0:00 ` Michael Young
1999-03-08 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-03-04 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-04 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-03-05 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-05 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-03-06 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-03-06 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-06 0:00 ` Dave Taylor
1999-03-06 0:00 ` Bruce or Tracy
1999-03-06 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-03-04 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-04 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-03-03 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
1999-03-03 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-03-04 0:00 ` Magnus Larsson
1999-03-03 0:00 ` Printing Enum Variable Re: Linux World (Correction) Hans Marqvardsen
1999-03-03 0:00 ` Printing Enum Variable Re: Linux World Hans Marqvardsen
1999-03-04 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-04 0:00 ` Hans Marqvardsen
1999-03-05 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-07 0:00 ` Hans Marqvardsen
1999-03-04 0:00 ` Hans Marqvardsen
1999-03-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-05 0:00 ` dewar
1999-03-05 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-03-05 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-04 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-03-04 0:00 ` fraser
1999-03-05 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-03-05 0:00 ` fraser
1999-03-04 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-04 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-03-04 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-03 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-03-03 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-03-03 0:00 ` David Starner
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