From: adam@irvine.com (Adam Beneschan)
Subject: Re: Why Ada is not the Commercial Lang of Choice
Date: 1997/06/24
Date: 1997-06-24T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5opa6p$nfc$1@krusty.irvine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5odfhs$hqt@drn.zippo.com
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>Paul says
>
><<1. Ada is not and never was a programmer's language. It was never
>meant to be. It was imposed upon companies that the DOD contracts in
>an effort to create more reliable (i.e. bug free) products. They saw
>how much time and money was spent in fixing problems after a system
>was delivered and operational in the field. It is excessivly
>type-casted and cumbersome to use.>>
The above statement is curious. It implies that there's a dichotomy
between a "programmer's language" and a "language designed to create
more reliable products." The implication of this is that a
"programmer" is not concerned with how reliable his or her programs
are.
I beg to differ. To me, a "real" programmer (or, should I say, a
professional programmer) does care about reliability, and has no
desire to produce a program that has bugs in it. A real programmer,
therefore, should IMHO appreciate a language that assists her or him
in creating more reliable software. So, if the correct terminology is
used, the first statement above should really read:
"Ada is not and never was a hacker's language."
I think everyone can agree with that.
-- Adam
(P.S. I do not mean to insult those of you who are programmers at
heart, who would like to write bug-free software, but can't because
your company says it has to go out the door yesterday whether it works
or not.)
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1997-06-13 0:00 Why Ada is not the Commercial Lang of Choice Paul Van Bellinghen
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-20 0:00 ` nma123
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan [this message]
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen FOU.TD/DELAB
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Van Snyder
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-30 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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1997-06-18 0:00 Robert I. Eachus
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Paul Van Bellinghen
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-23 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-06 0:00 ` Yasmiin S. Davis
1997-07-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-07 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-07-04 0:00 ` Paul Van Bellinghen
1997-07-13 0:00 ` Ken Mays
1997-07-13 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1997-07-14 0:00 ` Ken Mays
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Steve Jones - JON
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-07-17 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Roy Grimm
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Donovan Baarda
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Dr. Vladimir Il'ich Fomin
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-28 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-06-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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