Re: What kind of people like Ada?

[mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)]

In article <3n3um2$s0i@salyko.cube.net>,
Oliver Kellogg <okellogg@cube.net> wrote:
>For a popular perception of what kind of people program in Ada, turn 
>to chapter 1.4.3 ("Programming languages and utilities") of "Linux 
>Installation and Getting Started", version 2.1.1, by Matt Welsh. 
>The second paragraph says:
>
>"   Besides C and C++, many other compiled and interpreted programming
>  languages have been ported to Linux, such as Smalltalk, FORTRAN, Pascal,
>  LISP, Scheme, and Ada (if you're masochistic enough to program in Ada --
>  we're not going to stop you.)  "

I wrote the book quoted above, and have been receiving some interesting
flames since this was posted to comp.lang.ada. I'd like to point out that
the book described above is a _free_ manual distributed via the Internet,
which I provide as a service to the Linux community. In addition, I take
a tongue-in-cheek approach to many subjects in the book, and the above
comment about Ada was meant primarily as a joke. I come from the school
of extremist C and UNIX hackers, and tend to chide just about anything else. 

Obviously, readers of this group have differing opinions on this matter.
That's fine---I'm not asking anyone to agree with me. Just don't take it
so seriously. It's a joke. 

M. Welsh