Re: The Next Microsoft?

["Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu>]

Ray Blaak wrote:

> This myth about
> comitte-designed languages being somehow inferior is resoundingly false in
> Ada's case.

Actually, it's a myth in any case. A product should be judged on its merits, not
on who designed it. "Designed by committee" is just a knee-jerk response for when
you don't like something but don't have any real justification for your dislikes.

Also, it might be worth pointing out that the last car you drove, airplane you
rode, large building you worked in, specification you designed for, etc., were
all almost certainly "designed by committee".  People use committeeware all the
time without complaining, except when they are clutching at straws to defend
their dislike of something.

Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas