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,b50bc6538a649497 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: John Magness Subject: Re: Ada student homework ? Date: 2000/11/18 Message-ID: <3A16D6DA.F0914293@swbell.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 695173308 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <3A02CED4.520C2768@brighton.ac.uk> <3A078B6F.D34B024B@erols.com> <8ua3m1$bru$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A0916BB.584C6C60@cadwin.com> <3A0952B9.34BE19D1@cadwin.com> <3a095057.0@silver.truman.edu> <8ucfqf$a56$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net X-Trace: nnrp2.sbc.net 974575070 209.184.83.167 (Sat, 18 Nov 2000 13:17:50 CST) Organization: N.O.Y.B. MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: jmagness@swbell.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 13:17:50 CST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-11-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Also please throw in some Obsessive - Compulsive behavior / perfectionism characteristics. Ted Dennison wrote: > In article <3a095057.0@silver.truman.edu>, > "Chad R. Meiners" wrote: > > > > "Nicolas Brunot" wrote in message > > news:3A0952B9.34BE19D1@cadwin.com... > > > Nobody forces you to answer them. > > > I personally wouldn't like to ride on an airplane programmed by > > > R.Dewar who would certainly > > > explained he expected the plane to crash because the compiler > > > behaves as he expects ... > > > > From my observation, > > Dr. Dewar appears to have a very critical eye for detail and a genuine > > concern for correctness. > > I'm with Chad on this one. Pedantic people may be an aggrevation to deal > with in personal conversation. We certianly wouldn't choose Dr. Dewar to > be the chief Arab-Israeli negotiator. > > But if I had my life on the line, I'd want to use code written by the > most mind-numbingly pedantic person I could find. So even if *I* was a > choice, I'd pick Dewar. > > -- > T.E.D. > > http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.