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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Alan Brain Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada? Date: 1997/05/01 Message-ID: <33697DD6.1847@dynamite.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 238632793 References: <335F9D0E.41C67EA6@cacd.rockwell.com> <5jqvbj$bd9@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net> Organization: @Home Reply-To: aebrain@dynamite.com.au Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert I. Eachus wrote: > In article ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig) writes: > > The nature of the decision process GUARANTEED that no existing > > language would qualify. Therefore, no inference can legitimately > > be drawn from the nonqualification of any existing language. > > Nonsense! This totally misstates the situation. Let us assume > for the moment that Eiffel existed in 1977 and did meet all or most of > the DoD's needs. The HOLWG would have said, hey great, now we can > start on the real work of providing tools and a development > environment for Eiffel to do all the things we really want to do. Concur. Had either Ada-83, Ada-95, Eiffel or possibly even Modula-3 existed in 1977, any could have been selected as the new language without change. Meanwhile.... IS there any non-anecdotal, scientific (you know, facts, numbers, that sort of thing rather than religious conviction, personal preference, shrill unsubstantiated allegations or market hype) that puts C above Ada? And I do mean ANY? Even One? I';m sure there MUST be... heck, there's at least some evidence for Creationism and the Flat Earth... -- aebrain@dynamite.com.au <> <> How doth the little Crocodile | Alan & Carmel Brain| xxxxx Improve his shining tail? | Canberra Australia | xxxxxHxHxxxxxx _MMMMMMMMM_MMMMMMMMM 100026.2014 compuserve o OO*O^^^^O*OO o oo oo oo oo By pulling MAERKLIN Wagons, in 1/220 Scale See http://www.z-world.com/graphics/z/master/8856.gif for picture