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,FREEMAIL_FROM, 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: fd6dd,c78177ec2e61f4ac X-Google-Attributes: gidfd6dd,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,c78177ec2e61f4ac X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Matthew S. Whiting" Subject: Re: ada and robots Date: 1997/06/18 Message-ID: <33A8AC56.11E@epix.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 249453007 References: <338CDA96.53EA@halcyon.com> <338F5D7D.6C03@tiac.net> <338F9D05.5EB3@bix.com> <5mqpj3$bc5$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <33930245.12A1@sprintmail.com> <5mv984$7kn@news.emi.com> <33A5D644.37A3@epix.net> <33A7427F.6646@epix.net> <33A8082D.394AFB4C@link.com> Organization: epix Internet Services Reply-To: whiting@epix.net Newsgroups: comp.robotics.misc,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-06-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Samuel Mize wrote: > > Matthew S. Whiting wrote: > > Samuel's sarcasm provides me nothing > ... > > I'm not sure which is worse, the ignorance of many C > > and C++ programmers or the arrogance of many Ada programmers... > > I'd vote for the arrogance of ignorant C/C++ programmers who > post abusive messages on comp.lang.ada. Sorry if you took the > brunt of my annoyance with other people. I've got skin thicker than most alligators. :-) > I hope the tone didn't keep you from reading the content. It did not. And I did check the new "Ada Can do It!" section at AdaHome dealing with Ada myths. > The difference between Ada and C coding really is often a matter > of attitude: whether you are willing to take time up front to > design, or want to jump right in and code, then take the time > at the end to debug. I agree. Unfortunately, changing the attitudes of people that work for or with you is typically non-trivial. Matt