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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6b24e52e7dcae753 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-05 09:00:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D25C26F.5BB9E9AE@despammed.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Software Liability References: <3D231E17.97B4F695@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 10:59:43 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1025884817 151.168.144.162 (Fri, 05 Jul 2002 12:00:17 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 12:00:17 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26878 Date: 2002-07-05T10:59:43-05:00 List-Id: > has subroutines. If you want to do something three times, you only write it > once. The difference in complexity between a 25-storey office building and a Depends on who you are. I remember once shaking my head in disbelief while examining a _single_ Ada file that contained three _different_ algorithms for removing leading and trailing blanks from a string. When the person who wrote it said to someone else across the room, "Ada is an abomination" it was very difficult to not turn around and say, "It certainly is when you write it!" -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau