Re: Mainstream Ada

[mjsilva697@earthlink.net (Mike Silva)]

Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message news:<3C78943B.9030600@mail.com>...
> Richard Riehle wrote:
> > At present, functional requirements overshadow non-functional
>  > requirements in the world of commercial software. That is,
>  > features are easier to sell than quality.
> 
> You know we usually fight over Ada vs. C++ issues, but I think
> I'm going to take Ada's side here. I don't like Ada all that
> much, but it's mostly for stylistic reasons. I believe, however,
> that an Ada programmer can pound out features just as well, and
> just as quickly, as a Java or C++ programmer. Are you really
> suggesting that commercial software developers who choose Ada
> will have to forego adding features to their software? That's
> not going to do much for Ada advocacy!

I understand Richard to be saying that "pounding out features" can be
done in any number of languages, with Ada offering no great advantage
*or disadvantage* in this area, while in the development of reliable
software Ada does offer a great advantage.  Thus, feature-pounders
will have no reason to switch from their comfort language, while
quality-seekers will, in a great many cases, have a reason.

Mike