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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,7d7ee3c3e9e9e103 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,7d7ee3c3e9e9e103 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,9f9e8bd17e4d4c4d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-14 08:21:46 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!waikato!canterbury.ac.nz!equinox.gen.nz!equinox!jsnode.equinox.gen.nz!joe From: joe@jsnode.equinox.gen.nz (Joseph Skinner) Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Eiffel for DoD development? Distribution: world Message-ID: <781960828joe.joe@jsnode.equinox.gen.nz> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 00:20:30 +1300 References: <376tq0$84b@dayuc.dayton.saic.com> <377864$tv@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> Organization: .. X-Newsreader: TRN for OS/2 X-Posting-Software: UUPC/extended 1.12i inews (14Mar94 22:26) Xref: bga.com comp.lang.eiffel:2273 comp.object:7364 comp.lang.ada:6899 Date: 1994-10-13T00:20:30+13:00 List-Id: In article <377864$tv@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller) writes: >In article , >Jeffrey W. Stulin wrote: >>> In article Jeffrey W. Stulin, >>> jws@seeker.tiac.net writes: >>> >What DOD should be doing is a compromise: keep a short list of accepted >>> >languages and let each development project choose the best language (from >>> >the list) for the job. >> >>In article <376tq0$84b@dayuc.dayton.saic.com>, James Hopper >> wrote: >> >>> When i got out of grad school >> >>snip snip snip >>> i had to learn 5 different >>> assembly languages in the first 4 years i was working. >>snip snip snip >> >>I strongly agree that standards are important in eliminating confusion and >>inefficiency. There is, however, much midlle ground between mandating one >>language for all jobs and having workers learn 5 different assembly >>languages. >> >>As a software professional I think I can probably handle two or three >>languages on a daily basis. Smarter people can probably handle even more. >> >(Dave rolls up sleeves) > >OK, Jeff. Enumerate for me what languages should be used, let me >start the list (I'm talking about production work, not Prototype or >R&D stuff): > Ada 9X Rexx for shell scripting and general interface glue. > >Now, you list a language underneath it that provides a NON >overlapping set of functionality. (Hint: Don't put Eiffel down) >(Another hint: There are answers, just damn few) -- =============================================================================== Joseph Skinner | Invercargill usenet: joe@jsnode.equinox.gen.nz | New Zealand There is no such thing as a wizard who minds his own business - Berengis the Black Court Mage to the Earl Caeline