From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: **** X-Spam-Status: No, score=4.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC,SYSADMIN autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!phri!roy From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: "C" vrs ADA Message-ID: <2868@phri.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Aug-87 10:31:32 EDT Article-I.D.: phri.2868 Posted: Sat Aug 22 10:31:32 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Aug-87 12:09:33 EDT References: <1065@vu-vlsi.UUCP> <253@etn-rad.UUCP> <1573@sol.ARPA> Reply-To: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Distribution: na Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Xref: mnetor comp.lang.ada:537 comp.lang.c:3828 sci.space:2635 sci.space.shuttle:271 List-Id: In article <1573@sol.ARPA> crowl@cs.rochester.edu (Lawrence Crowl) writes: > The DoD may not be very bright, but they certainly would no have spent > millions of dollars developing Ada to get a language that offered no > advantages over Cobol. Without passing judgement (good or bad) on anything else Lawrence said, I find the idea that "just because DoD spent millions of dollars to do something, it must have gotten its money's worth" to be utterly, completely, and absolutely hysterical. -- Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016