Re: Ada, Eiffel, & language evolution

[jharkins@sagpd1.UUCP (Jim Harkins)]

In article <8380@hubcap.clemson.edu> wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bill Wolfe) writes:
>   There is a great need for a single production programming language 
>   which supports good software and code engineering practices.

Yep, and there is great need for a single type of automobile.  Any idiot can
see that not only is it extremely dangerous for a person to go from driving
a Hyndai Excel to a Ford Aerostar, as a nation we are wasting an awful lot
of time both in learning new skills and in designing automobiles that differ
in several respects.  I think a good compromise would be the Ford Escort.
It's cheap, about $10,000, can seat 4 comfortably, can easily do 55 MPH,
gets about 25 MPG, and the back seat folds down so it can double as a pickup.
It's intuitively obvious to the most casual observer that anyone who
disagrees with this is for mayhem and bloodshed on our nations highways.

I think somebody said it best when they said that it's silly to think 1
sledgehammer fits all, and the procurement of a B2 bomber is fundamentally
different than the procurement of a hammer.  Same with software, I don't
think there will ever be a language where 1 size fits all.  But what do
I know, I'm one of those C programmers with a cavalier attitude anyway.


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