* Re: SoftEng, United, Baggage, Denver
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@ 1996-04-01 0:00 ` John Ahlstrom
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From: John Ahlstrom @ 1996-04-01 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Mike Stark (michael.e.stark@gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote:
: nrm@sei.cmu.edu (Nancy Mead) wrote:
: >
: >In article <4j9o5f$6sv@nuacht.iol.ie>, nmurphy@iol.ie (Niall Murphy) writes:
: >|> cjames@melchizedek.cec-services.com (The Right Reverend Colin James
: >|> III) wrote:
: >|>
: >|> ^
: >|> >You are mistaken. C/C++ is much more susceptible to errors due to the
: >|> >languages being write-once, among other reasons.
: >|>
-- snip snip
: Folks --
: I hate to admit it, but the Rt. Reverend is not making an outrageous
: argument when he blames C++ for problems in a large software system
: that controls mechanical devices. Yes, if your staff is well-trained
: on how to use its tools the choice of language is less important. However, there are languages specifically designed for embedded s=
: ystems (Ada, anyone?) or to support the maintenance of large systems via
: the contract model for interfaces and inclusion of assertions in the
: language (Eiffel, anyone?).
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: Michael Stark NASA/GSFC
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: "I don't give them hell. I tell the truth and they THINK it's hell!"
: -- Harry S. Truman
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A colleague of mine after about 5 years with C and about 18 months with C++
had to get himself a T-shirt made saying on the front:
C is Much Worse Than C++
and on the back:
C++ is Much Worse Than C
--
John Ahlstrom jahlstrom@cisco.com
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