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From: NKSW39B@prodigy.com (Matthew Givens)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/04/20
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Alan Brain <aebrain@dynamite.com.au> wrote:
>
>Matthew Givens wrote:
>
>> Of course not.  The thing to remember is that different languages fit
>> different tasks, and different programmers are suited to different
>> languages.  I am a highly proficient C programmer, but only a 
moderately
>> skilled Ada programmer.  In fact, I often rough out algorythms in C
>> before implementing them in the Ada version.  Why?  Because I don't 
have
>> to think so much of the surface furnishings of Ada and can concentrate 
on
>> just the functionality.  It would save a lot of time if I didn't have 
to
>> write the Ada version, wouldn't it?
>
>That's amazing. Because I do the design in Ada, before coding in C/C++.
>I'm a skilled Ada-83 programmer, a tyro at -95, poor average at C (OK,
>average average, the average is pretty p*ss poor IMHO) and a neophyte 
at
>C++.

And that's my point.  What works well for one programmer doesn't work 
well for another.  Concerning us, what works for me is the exact opposite 
of what works for you.  So, forcing me to work with your method 
dramatically reduces my efficiency, and vice versa.

To reiterate my point again, each programmer is tempermentally fitted to 
one type of language, and that language is "best" for him.  Trying to 
determine if a language is "better" or "best" is subjective, and must 
take into account the task being attempted and the programmer who's 
working on it.

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