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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "James A. Squire" Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because... Date: 1996/07/10 Message-ID: <31E402B4.55EC@csehp3.mdc.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 167638052 sender: Ada programming language references: comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: MDA Avionics Tools & Processes mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada x-mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.01 9000/715) Date: 1996-07-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: John F. Bode wrote: > What is considered C's greatest asset is also its greatest failing for > developing large, robust systems: it assumes that you, the programmer, > know what you are doing at all times. That's a bad assumption to make > for a lot of us (me included). > > John F. Bode > representing nobody but myself... Au Contraire, may I add myself as one represented by your assessment here. Bravo on your insightful rebuttal. -- James Squire MDA Avionics Tools & Processes ja_squire@csehp3.mdc.com Opinions expressed here are my own and NOT my company's "one of these days I'm going to better myself by going to Knight school" "You'll be a web knight instead of a web page!"