From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Ada vs. C++
Date: 2000/02/14
Date: 2000-02-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2000Feb14.073251.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 38A4E40E.2FA51C81@mail.utexas.edu
In article <38A4E40E.2FA51C81@mail.utexas.edu>, "Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu> writes:
> However, unless you're writing throw-away code I would agree with the
> sentiment of an earlier poster: you might be more interested in using
> whichever language tempts you to write the more maintainable code.
I told a stranger at a conference dinner table that I liked Ada because
it was readily maintained. He responded, quite seriously, that he used
another language but he had made it a career practice only to write new
code and never to maintain anything he had written.
(Sorry, I did not record his name, in case anyone wanted his resume :-).
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-02-11 0:00 Ada vs. C++ G
2000-02-11 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-11 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-02-11 0:00 ` Bobby D. Bryant
2000-02-14 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
2000-02-11 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-02-11 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-02-14 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-02-11 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-02-11 0:00 ` Gary
2000-02-14 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-02-11 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-02-14 0:00 ` Vincent DIEMUNSCH
2000-02-14 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-02-15 0:00 ` gdb question, was " tmoran
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
2000-02-16 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
2000-02-16 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-07 0:00 ` Mike Dimmick
2000-03-07 0:00 ` Jeff Creem
2000-02-15 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-04 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-03-04 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-04 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
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2000-11-20 0:00 Ada Vs. C++ lilach_bien
2000-11-20 23:30 ` Ehud Lamm
2000-11-25 0:00 ` Pete
1991-04-09 21:35 Ada vs. C++ Mario Barbacci
1991-04-11 12:29 ` RICK CARLE
1989-11-17 18:53 Ada Pablo Fernicola
1989-11-18 18:55 ` Ada William Thomas Wolfe, 2847
1989-11-26 6:09 ` Ada vs. C++ Paul S. R. Chisholm
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