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=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,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: 103376,3d6f33a5d75c89f0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Marin Condic Subject: Re: The press strikes again... Date: 1999/11/11 Message-ID: <382AFAB1.6CBA37A4@pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 547392747 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: condicma@bogon.pwfl.com References: <80er1v$nj$1@news.ime.net> <382AEF3D.9DB18975@pwfl.com> <80f0i6$2hu$1@news.ime.net> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Pratt & Whitney Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: condicma@pwflcom Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-11-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Steve O'Neill wrote: > > The statement makes it sound like somehow or other Ada is inadequate for > doing the job. > > And, of course, all those more popular languages are perfect for it. Huh? > Exactly! I've never heard anybody say something like "Device X isn't designed to work with C/C++" The implicit assumption is that some other language is perfect for everything and you have to jack-hammer Ada into being able to do something. MDC -- Marin David Condic If you hurry you can, for a short time only, still find me at: Real Time & Embedded Systems, Propulsion Systems Analysis United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney, Large Military Engines M/S 731-95, P.O.B. 109600, West Palm Beach, FL, 33410-9600 ***To reply, remove "bogon" from the domain name.*** Visit my web page at: http://www.mcondic.com/