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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,be9bf965710b207c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-21 05:52:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: codesavvy@aol.com (codesavvy) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: official recommendations of Ada Date: 21 Jul 2001 05:52:03 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5be89e2f.0107210452.488dfd98@posting.google.com> References: <5be89e2f.0107200443.678562ea@posting.google.com> <3B590D83.A15CC947@mediaone.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.7.149.162 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 995719924 16435 127.0.0.1 (21 Jul 2001 12:52:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-support@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Jul 2001 12:52:04 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10391 Date: 2001-07-21T12:52:04+00:00 List-Id: Ed Falis wrote in message news:<3B590D83.A15CC947@mediaone.net>... > codesavvy wrote: > > > From management's view point, using Ada instead of C/C++ is taking a > > major risk and when push comes to shove management probably will not > > take such a risk unless they can see the "payback" in using Ada. > > Since I've been "management", I have to say that "management" is not homogenous. Your generalizations are > just that. There's a lot more variety of approaches than your stereotypes (a la Dilbert) would lead one to > believe. You think there's no conflict of ideology and business strategy at that level? Do you take risks without seeing the "payback"? What other generalizations are you talking about? What stereotypes are you talking about? Where do I state that there's no conflict of ideology and business strategy at the management level? >Often enough, taking > measured risk is _the_ way through, though it doesn't appear to be the modus from a developer's perspective. > Oh so in order to take a risk you have to see the appropriate "payback." Thank you for supporting my statement. > The point being, don't use assumptions about management motive to bolster your arguments. Apparently my assumption about taking a risk applies to you. > When you do, you're > attributing motivation and behavior unfairly. > How did I do this specifically? > - Ed