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=3.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, LOTS_OF_MONEY,MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.lang.eiffel:789 comp.lang.ada:3471 comp.software-eng:3199 comp.lang.misc:4472 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!jarthur!uci-ics!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!sagpd1!jharkins From: jharkins@sagpd1.UUCP (Jim Harkins) Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Ada, Eiffel, & language evolution Message-ID: <668@sagpd1.UUCP> Date: 15 Mar 90 17:23:07 GMT References: <8380@hubcap.clemson.edu> Reply-To: jharkins@sagpd1.UUCP (Jim Harkins) Organization: Scientific Atlanta, Government Products Div, San Diego, CA List-Id: 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. -- jim jharkins@sagpd1 "My hope is that we can use tariffs to force Japan to open their markets to imported goods. My fear is I'll be forced to buy lousy American made stuff."