From: als@tusc.com.au (Anthony Shipman)
Subject: Re: Should internet support software be written in Ada?
Date: 17 Mar 1995 19:47:22 +1100
Date: 1995-03-17T19:47:22+11:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3kbiaqINNeqe@ephor.tusc.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3kaksj$iur@isnews.calpoly.edu
In <3kaksj$iur@isnews.calpoly.edu> wbrooks@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu (Bill Brooks) writes:
>In the rich tradition of discussing good software engineering practices in
>c.l.a(regardless of language) I'll ask: is this good coding style?
>Keep in mind that this code was written under the auspices of one of
>the top 5 schools in CS in the United States.
I've noticed that academics seem to write terrible code (from a software
engineering point of view), compared with professionals who do it for a
living.
--
Anthony Shipman "You've got to be taught before it's too late,
TUSC Computer Systems Pty Ltd Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
E-mail: als@tusc.com.au You've got to be carefully taught." R&H
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1995-03-17 0:24 Should internet support software be written in Ada? Bill Brooks
1995-03-17 8:47 ` Anthony Shipman [this message]
1995-03-19 22:06 ` David Weller
1995-03-23 15:05 ` Theodore Dennison
1995-03-24 10:26 ` Fred J. McCall
1995-03-27 9:50 ` Robb Nebbe
1995-03-27 19:43 ` State machines and Goto's (was Re: Should internet support software be written in Ada?) Robert I. Eachus
1995-03-27 23:14 ` Arthur Evans Jr
1995-03-29 0:00 ` Dan
1995-04-01 0:00 ` Mike White
1995-04-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-06 0:00 ` Theodore Dennison
1995-04-06 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1995-04-07 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1995-04-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-07 0:00 ` Mike White
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1995-04-20 0:00 ` CS teachers who can't code their way outta a paper bag Richard A. O'Keefe
1995-03-27 14:24 ` Should internet support software be written in Ada? Theodore Dennison
1995-03-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-03-28 9:32 ` Fred J. McCall
1995-03-29 0:00 ` Theodore Dennison
1995-03-29 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1995-03-31 0:00 ` Theodore Dennison
1995-04-05 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1995-04-07 0:00 ` State machines and Goto's (was Re: Should internet support software be written in Ada?) Wes Groleau
1995-04-07 0:00 ` Robert Firth
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Fred J. McCall
1995-04-19 0:00 ` George Haddad
1995-04-20 0:00 ` State machines and Goto's (was Re: Sho Brian Hanson
1995-04-20 0:00 ` State machines and Goto's (was Re: Should internet support software be written in Ada?) Bill Winn
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1995-03-22 23:08 ` Should internet support software be written in Ada? Keith Thompson
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1995-04-20 0:00 ` Academic CS Losers? Phillip Fanous
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Bill Winn
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1995-04-20 0:00 ` What good is halting prob? Max Hailperin
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1995-04-20 0:00 ` Problems with proofs Robin Rowe
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Garlington KE
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` Brian Harvey
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Robin Rowe
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robin Rowe
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Steve Tate
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Apology to Steve Robin Rowe
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Problems with proofs Larry Kahn
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Robin Rowe
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1995-04-20 0:00 ` Teaching OO/C++ Philip Machanick
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1995-04-18 0:00 ` What good is halting prob? Jay M Martin
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Steve Tate
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Jay M Martin
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Steve Tate
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Ray Toal
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` Randolph Crawford
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Robin Rowe
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Robin Rowe
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Brian Hanson
1995-04-21 0:00 ` sxc
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Richard Ladd Kirkham
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Richard Ladd Kirkham
1995-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Steve Tate
1995-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1995-04-19 0:00 ` Robb Nebbe
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1995-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1995-03-06 21:01 Should internet support software be written in Ada? Bennett, Chip (KTR) ~U
1995-03-07 2:35 ` Vladimir Vukicevic
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