Re: Advice on selling Ada to a C shop

[Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de>]

On 23.06.10 09:40, Gautier write-only wrote:
> On 23 juin, 09:17, Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Do you think that 'end if' at the wrong place and a misleading
>> indentation would produce much better results?
> 
> Of course not, but the point is that
> - the "end if" was *not* at the wrong place, probably because it would
> have (or had) pooped to the eye very quickly
> - in the C code, two people read and re-read and did not notice
> anything wrong; the bug was detected only by examining results closely
> This on only ~15 lines...

A frequent argument brought forth by practical programmers
is that you know how to diligently use {}.  Experienced
programmers don't have trouble with brackets (at least not
in tie sizing discussions).  Bracket problem avoidance
techniques are easy to learn, hence everyone can demonstrate
their competence proudly and with an air of knowledge.
There are more important problems in life than brackets.
How often do they create trouble?  Why do you employ programmers
who cannot properly use brackets? Etc.