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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,f49c8f164340c377 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Message-ID: <46DBB372.5050608@obry.net> Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:10:42 +0200 From: Pascal Obry Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: anon Subject: Re: Current status of Ada? References: <7744bf.vg4.ln@hunter.axlog.fr> <1188580722.187449.288030@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 03 Sep 2007 09:10:56 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.124.252.173 X-Trace: 1188803456 news.orange.fr 25951 82.124.252.173:4283 X-Complaints-To: abuse@orange.fr Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!eweka.nl!lightspeed.eweka.nl!213.239.142.2.MISMATCH!feed.xsnews.nl!border-1.ams.xsnews.nl!217.145.39.3.MISMATCH!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!feed.ac-versailles.fr!exabot.com!freenix!news.wanadoo.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:1665 Date: 2007-09-03T09:10:56+02:00 List-Id: anon a �crit : > Even this rule even exist today. If the customer wants C++, then you write > the code in C++. If they say JAVA, you do JAVA, else you find find another > job. And if you have a boss with a brain you'll have to use Ada as it costs less and is less error prone! And let me say it, Ada the language is not what people try to avoid... they try to escape their role: Software Engineers and just act as simple coder as it looks more fun! The simple sentence "we use C++ as there is more C++ guys out there" is just bogus. I need good software engineers not somebody who knows C++ and nothing about building safe and readable software! Good software engineers are quite rare those days and they know whatever language. I had one example recently, a guy knowing C/C++ only working with me on an Ada project. In 15 days he was able to create good piece of code in Ada. He already had the skills of a software engineer and this is the most difficult part to acquire. Ada IMHO just help better keeping the line straight and in this respect is the perfect tool for software engineer as it supports good software practices quite well. Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.net --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595