From: Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lmtas.lmco.com>
Subject: Re: Java is not the right language
Date: 1996/09/06
Date: 1996-09-06T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3230263C.6AE7@lmtas.lmco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 322EA52F.69A0@gsfc.nasa.gov
Mike Stark wrote:
>
> Bert -- where's your sense of humor,man!!?? I think the joke gets at
> the larger truth that when someone is developing systems that will
> land airliners you *want* that neurotic (I prefer the term "attention
> to detail", myself) attitude.
As someone who develops systems that control aircraft landings (and
take-offs, and taxi runs, and flight in general), I strongly object to
the term "neurotic" when applied to the care and precision asssociated
with the software development process. I prefer the term "full bore
paranoid." I would hope that the folks developing applets, particularly
those associated with electronic commerce and so forth, have similar
attitudes and so would appreciate Ada's capabilities for developing
solid software.
> It helps the number of takeoffs equal
> the number of landings, always a desirable characteristic!
Other than, say, spacecraft, aren't these always equal at some point?
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1996-09-05 0:00 ` Java is not the right language Mike Stark
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1996-09-07 0:00 ` Dave Wood
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