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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,33e793a459e66944 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: nasser@apldbio.com Subject: Re: Choosing C++ instead of Ada Date: 1996/11/04 Message-ID: <55lhja$duo@lex.zippo.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 194513169 references: <32780744.2F79@wsii.com> organization: Perkin-Elmer newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <32780744.2F79@wsii.com>, "Arlene says... > >I just have to tell this story. I was taking a course for my masters, and the >professor expected us to use C for the homework (I do Ada). He had expected us >to write a _library_ routine that 1) depended on the _main_ program to include >string.h, 2) printed a message if an error occurred, and 3) would exit the >program after printing the error message. Am I crazy? Would anyone ever use such >a library routine? I tried to say I'd have the routine return a status, and if >there were an error, I'd handle any output myself from the main program, and I'd >decide when or if the program should exit. I later heard him complaining to >other professors in the department that we didn't even know how to write a >library routine. I was not impressed. > Why would you think that a CS instructor would necessarily know how to write good software? most CS teachers/profs/instructors have little real life software experience. Nasser