From: Andrzej Lewandowski <andrzej.lewandowski@mchugh.com>
Subject: Re: US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<<
Date: 1999/02/11
Date: 1999-02-11T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <36C2FC85.1561@mchugh.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 36C2F746.7A5A7FB@pwfl.com
Marin David Condic wrote:
>
> The language design itself was carefully specified to reduce the
> probability of errors that might result from ambiguous syntax or unsafe
> features.
>
> There is, of course, no reason why Ada can't be used in most any other
> area where you would want a general purpose, full featured programming
> language. The added safety may not be critical, but it is a plus. (Who
> wants to have their GUI app crash because they ran an array index beyond
> the bounds & didn't catch the problem until the software is released?)
> Ada also provides features which help in the development & lifespan of
> large, long lived systems. You don't generally think of Ada in the
> context of quick & dirty throw-away apps.
From comp.lang.eiffel: "Why Eiffel is not popular? Because before
you start coding in Eiffel you have to spend some time THINKING".
It seems that this applies to Ada, too...
A.L.
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Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-10 0:00 US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<< SDC
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Bob
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1999-02-11 0:00 ` fraser
[not found] ` <79v9f4$fe$1@remarq.com>
1999-02-11 0:00 ` fraser
1999-02-12 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-15 0:00 ` fraser
1999-02-15 0:00 ` Alan Hohn
1999-02-15 0:00 ` kevin
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Ada jobs & Programming: Art or Science? [was: MN] Alan Hohn
1999-02-16 0:00 ` kevin
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Alan Hohn
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Ada jobs & " robert_dewar
1999-02-17 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-18 0:00 ` Michael Stark
1999-02-18 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-17 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1999-02-16 0:00 ` US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<< Scott Ingram
1999-02-16 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-02-16 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-16 0:00 ` What Ada's used for (was: US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<<) dennison
1999-02-10 0:00 ` US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<< Steve O'Neill
1999-02-10 0:00 ` bkwposx
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Paul Whittington
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-10 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-10 0:00 ` David Emery
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-02-10 0:00 ` Dino Gianisis
1999-02-10 0:00 ` kevin
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1999-02-11 0:00 ` kevin
1999-02-12 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-12 0:00 ` kevin
1999-02-12 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-02-12 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1999-02-14 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-12 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-13 0:00 ` whiter5195
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-02-11 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Andrzej Lewandowski [this message]
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Mike Silva
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Dalen Kruse
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Dr Steve Sangwine
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1999-02-11 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-02-12 0:00 ` Gautier
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