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: 103376,aecc39702535eac3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-13 15:01:43 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!barrnet.net!rational.com!kdm From: kdm@puppy.rational.com (Kent Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Rational releases a C++/Smalltalk tool ??? Date: 13 Dec 1994 17:28:17 GMT Organization: Rational Software Corporation Message-ID: <3ckljh$inj@rational.rational.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: puppy.rational.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: 1994-12-13T17:28:17+00:00 List-Id: Gregory Aharonian (srctran@world.std.com) wrote: : You can't seriously expect people to believe that Ada is better and more : cost effective when leading Ada vendors are doing everything they can to make : non-Ada languages as cost effective. Case in point: Greg ... tools like Rational Rose are only a small part of what makes a language (actually I should say project) cost effective. Given the discussions we've had on the news group in the past about the values of having a defined process and good tools to support this process as well as a language that let's you support the system abstractions (like strong typing, etc), I consider it general opinion that while Ada helps it is not the end-all solution. Given that people *are* going to use Smalltalk and C++ don't you think it is good for Rational to try to help those people over their initial disadvantages (from the selection of those *other* languages). : Rational announces a new C++/Smalltalk object tool for client/server : development. Rational Rose/Object Pro ... [snip rest of advertising for RR/Object Pro] Of course, we've had an Ada version of this same product for quite some time so you could say that we favored Ada. -- Kent Mitchell | One possible reason that things aren't Technical Consultant | going according to plan is ..... Rational Software Corporation | that there never *was* a plan!