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: 103376,1d321b3a6b8bcab2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-23 04:50:12 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!udel!darwin.sura.net!source.asset.com!source.asset.com!not-for-mail From: mcconnel@source.asset.com (Andrew McConnell) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: "Subtract C, add Ada" Date: 23 Jan 1995 07:50:12 -0500 Organization: Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology Message-ID: <3g08m4$169m@source.asset.com> References: <3fo2ot$su2@miranda.gmrc.gecm.com> <3frsrl$re5@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> <3fv6lb$f4u@oahu.cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 530tr0 Date: 1995-01-23T07:50:12-05:00 List-Id: In article <3fv6lb$f4u@oahu.cs.ucla.edu>, Jay Martin wrote: > >Okay I was harsh. But these "C" attitudes of programming are pretty >much the norm in industry and I find this very distressing. In my >opinion, the Computer Science community must admit their total >failure to teach or even understand or form a consensus about >good software construction and programming language design. > Yes, that was pretty harsh.... I have to agree that the CS community has really dropped the ball. I've been reading many of the "jobs" newsgroups lately and see posting after posting for "Software Engineers" who have n years programming in language x. My question: If they're hiring software engineers why do they INSIST on experience in language x. Isn't computer science/software engineering language independent to a great extent? I feel that they are _some_ language factors that you have to take into account when doing S/W design, but a good SWE doesn't get hung up on language choice. -- Andrew R. McConnell mcconnel@source.asset.com