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,be9bf965710b207c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-20 22:04:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!chnws02.mediaone.net!chnws06.ne.mediaone.net!24.128.8.202!typhoon.ne.mediaone.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B590D83.A15CC947@mediaone.net> From: Ed Falis X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: official recommendations of Ada References: <5be89e2f.0107200443.678562ea@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 05:04:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.96.132.248 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mediaone.net X-Trace: typhoon.ne.mediaone.net 995691848 65.96.132.248 (Sat, 21 Jul 2001 01:04:08 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 01:04:08 EDT Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10382 Date: 2001-07-21T05:04:08+00:00 List-Id: codesavvy wrote: > From management's view point, using Ada instead of C/C++ is taking a > major risk and when push comes to shove management probably will not > take such a risk unless they can see the "payback" in using Ada. Since I've been "management", I have to say that "management" is not homogenous. Your generalizations are just that. There's a lot more variety of approaches than your stereotypes (a la Dilbert) would lead one to believe. You think there's no conflict of ideology and business strategy at that level? Often enough, taking measured risk is _the_ way through, though it doesn't appear to be the modus from a developer's perspective. The point being, don't use assumptions about management motive to bolster your arguments. When you do, you're attributing motivation and behavior unfairly. - Ed