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: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public From: "Donald M. MacQueen" Subject: Re: Worse is better, was: Language marketing question Date: 1997/02/11 Message-ID: <33007C54.1238@volpe4.dot.gov>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 218045227 references: <32D11FD3.41C6@wi.leidenuniv.nl> <32E7F7D5.15FB7483@eiffel.com> <32E958C8.670A@bix.com> <5cpdh8$mau@news.csus.edu> <5cs3un$14b4@uni.library.ucla.edu> <5cu5ig$10fk@uni.library.ucla.edu> <5dao0p$gri@decius.ultra.net> <3300946D.1EF5@interaccess.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: EG&G mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.software-eng x-mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Date: 1997-02-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Bob Haugen wrote: > > Piercarlo Grandi wrote: > > > Richard Gabriel has written a classic "Worse is Better" paper on all > > this, which discusses some of the issues (even if I really disagree with > > some of the analysis and most importantly with the recommendations). > > I recently read and am currently thinking about that same paper, and > so would be interested in your disagreements. > > Bob Haugen > Nexgen Software Is this paper available on the Web? I'd like to read it too. Thanks in advance. Donald