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_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,44e43dc2ffe2ab01 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: NKSW39B@prodigy.com (Matthew Givens) Subject: Re: Perhaps there _is_ a conspiracy against Ada Date: 1997/04/16 Message-ID: <5j1aed$1v8i@newssvr01-int.news.prodigy.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 235153033 Distribution: world References: <1997apr13.153233.1@eisner> <5iurff$2a8@newssvr01-int.news.prodigy.com> <33539faf.77dc@bix.com> Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Tom Moran wrote: > >> I wish these guys would learn the concept of "Specific Tools for Specific >> Jobs." > Isn't that the flip side of the "thousands of incompatible langauges" >that Ada was created to get away from? Yes, it is. However, it happens to be true. Ada isn't right for all jobs, and shouldn't be treated as if it is. The government should choose a number of languages (preferably small) to develop software, so they can combine the flexibility argument with the "too many language" argument and get a good compromise. - "Outside of a dog, a book is a Man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's very dark." << Iceman >>