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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e6d1607a5397de6b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-10-31 13:35:28 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!europa.netcrusader.net!152.163.239.129!portc01.blue.aol.com!newsfeed.mathworks.com!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <39FF36FE.839C234B@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is the Ada World Embarrassed by the Defense Industry? References: <39FDE9E4.35F615A6@netwood.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:17:50 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 973027073 151.168.144.162 (Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:17:53 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:17:53 EST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1673 Date: 2000-10-31T16:17:50-05:00 List-Id: > Maybe, but it is easier to find GOOD Ada programmers than C > programmers. Ada programmers have a strong background on > design, modularity, readability... at least they have heard > about that! Many of us (Ada folks) have also heard of information hiding and abstraction. Many of us were also doing "object-oriented design" long before the word became a "silver bullet." -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau