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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Usefulness of Formal Notions in Programming
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 13:37:23 +0100
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On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:30:42 -0600, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:

> On 3/8/2012 3:24 AM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> 
>> This is the problem of all poor solutions. Be it formal grammars, patterns,
>> domain-specific languages, scripting languages etc. You get a simple job
>> done simply and quickly. That makes you think - that is. But when you face
>> a real task you are lost.
> 
> True. But most software apps these days are simple and throw away apps
> anyway.

Really? Throw-away apps in your phone, car, electricity/water/gas meter,
pacemaker, cash machine, cable decoder, wash machine...

> You can buy one for 59 cents only :)

I never did. It is the finest kind of business to sell things nobody needs.

> May be what we need is an AdaScript language?

No, I see much different things to be done to improve Ada.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de