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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.lang.ada:3289 comp.lang.c:26183 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au!viccol!dougcc From: dougcc@csv.viccol.edu.au (Douglas Miller) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: problems/risks due to programming language Message-ID: <5017@csv.viccol.edu.au> Date: 23 Feb 90 02:00:07 GMT References: <5432@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <8103@hubcap.clemson.edu> <10811@june.cs.washington.edu> Organization: Computer Services, Victoria College, Melbourne List-Id: In article <10811@june.cs.washington.edu>, machaffi@fred.cs.washington.edu (Scott MacHaffie) writes: > In article <8103@hubcap.clemson.edu> billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu writes: >> introduced. However, we cannot disregard that fact that Ada was >> specifically designed to provide maximal support for the software >> engineering process. C, on the other hand, was designed to provide > > No, ADA was designed to have everything. The fact that it (or some subset > of it) can be used to do software engineering doesn't mean it was designed > to do it. Valid but utterly vacuous point, as ADA *was* designed to provide maximal support for software engineering. I suppose its possible that another (hidden?) design goal was to "have everything". So what? > Software engineering can be done in any language, including C. Irrelevant --- the claim here is that ADA provides *maximal* *support* for the software engineering process. Like, if I said "Air travel is the fastest way to get to another city" and you said "You don't have to go by `plane. You could go by car, or even on foot", then I'd look at you with a slightly glazed expression, right? Sorry to labor this, but I've seen the above point made *too* many times.