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From: adam@irvine.com (Adam Beneschan)
Subject: Re: Why Ada is not the Commercial Lang of Choice
Date: 1997/06/24
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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.)