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,d89b08801f2aacae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-03 15:54:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CD3153F.8955B9C5@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? References: <9gBz8.4054$%r1.2380315867@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com> <3CD01D32.19D997B0@san.rr.com> <3CD1652C.5A4736@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 22:54:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1020466449 66.75.151.160 (Fri, 03 May 2002 15:54:09 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 15:54:09 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23518 Date: 2002-05-03T22:54:09+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > By "niche-market" I mean that it is not responsible for, say, 60% of all > software written everywhere. I'm not sure why that doesn't seem obvious. Fair enough. I thought you were excluding Ada from the "niche" category. :-) That said, yes, the rest of what I just snipped makes perfect sense. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. The 90/10 rule of toothpaste: the last 10% of the tube lasts as long as the first 90%.