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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-01 20:23:52 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.mathworks.com!panix!cmcl2!thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!nobody From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Date: 1 Dec 1994 16:24:38 -0500 Organization: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Distribution: usa Message-ID: <3bleum$89s@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> References: <3aa7jo$7j@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3be9as$jrh@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <1994Nov29.182445.6678@eos.arc.nasa.gov> <3bi94b$t8g@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: gnat.cs.nyu.edu Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8162 comp.lang.c:32916 comp.programming:5548 comp.lang.c++:39206 comp.object:9281 Date: 1994-12-01T16:24:38-05:00 List-Id: David, regarding your demand to Ian that he clarify or retract his silly statement, it's probably a waste of time. People who make statements like that obviously don't know what they are talking about. It is particularly interesting that in the programming language field, people feel free to make technical pronouncements about languages they know NOTHING about (how many Ada folks have done that to COBOL :-)