Re: Mainstream Ada

[Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>]

Richard Riehle wrote:
> At present, functional requirements overshadow non-functional
 > requirements in the world of commercial software. That is,
 > features are easier to sell than quality.

You know we usually fight over Ada vs. C++ issues, but I think
I'm going to take Ada's side here. I don't like Ada all that
much, but it's mostly for stylistic reasons. I believe, however,
that an Ada programmer can pound out features just as well, and
just as quickly, as a Java or C++ programmer. Are you really
suggesting that commercial software developers who choose Ada
will have to forego adding features to their software? That's
not going to do much for Ada advocacy!