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: 103376,e35f2efd6c0447ec X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Ken Garlington Subject: Re: Death of DSP support? Date: 1997/09/02 Message-ID: <340CB50D.2F76@flash.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 269625033 References: <3402E91D.6D1A@top.monad.net> <1997Aug27.125655.1@eisner> Organization: Flashnet Communications, http://www.flash.net Reply-To: Ken.Garlington@computer.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > > What is interesting though, is that this kind of decision method makes > a mockery of the idea of careful technical evaluation of language > possibilities, resulting in the choice of the best possible technical > solution. However, to be fair, the NRC study did highlight the point that "real-world" language choices have to be based on economic issues as much as technical evaluations. (P.S. Some may note a remarkable similarily between this exception and a "hypothetical" exception request I posted some time back. I can neither confirm nor deny any real-world connection. I can say that, if true, this information should not have been posted in a public forum with specifics, regardless of the motivation.)