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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: rlk@rational.com (Bob Kitzberger) Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because... Date: 1996/07/29 Message-ID: <4tiorn$r5b@rational.rational.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 171041592 references: <31daad10.57288085@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <31ebfbd7.330061022@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <31EE19D1.6977@lfwc.lockheed.com> <31efe069.63062188@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <4sopkp$dao@itfhps00.itf.hcsd.ca> <31f3c396.238311543@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <01bb78b1$28455ec0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <31F613F3.2781E494@escmail.orl.mmc.com> <01bb7bf9$b89a1740$96ee6fcf@timhome2> followup-to: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c organization: Rational Software Corporation newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c Date: 1996-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Tim Behrendsen (tim@airshields.com) wrote: : > You have a good point. Unfortunately, your premise is wrong. Ada is in : > extensive use outside of the Government. In fact it is the language of : > choice wherever a software failure is liable to cause loss of life or a : > very large lawsuit. : Based on your post, Ada is only appropriate for mission critical : applications, and not for other applications? That does not follow from the poster's comments, does it? : Again, the question, : and I ask this respectfully, "If it's so good, why isn't it used more : universally than it is?" And, if C is so bad (in many people's opinion, : not mine), why is it used almost universally, despite its acknowledged, : real problems? Do you really think that technological superiority is the sole determinant of success in the marketplace? Talk to the marketing folks in your organization, and ask them about the effects of market share. And if you stop at McDonald's for lunch sometime, ask yourself if that's really the best restaraunt on the planet (it certainly is the most popular). -- Bob Kitzberger Rational Software Corporation rlk@rational.com http://www.rational.com http://www.rational.com/pst/products/testmate.html