From: Wes Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com>
Subject: Re: point by point advantages of Ada
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 09:24:03 -0500
Date: 2003-01-02T09:24:03-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7YXQ9.2326$c6.2494@bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: TmLP9.5609$Xc.1366@nwrddc04.gnilink.net
>> Why is it that we never hear complaints about C++ being a language
>> "designed
>> by a committee", given the HUGE expansion of the language during the ISO
>> "standardization" process?
Speaking as an "outsider" (and therefore probably wrong)
it looks like it was not designed by committee, but rather
by a large number of enthusiastic users throwing in every
'kitchen-sink' feature that suited their fancy.
> To a certain extent, the compiler writers have been waiting for code that
> would teach them the language. .....
In other words, they have job openings in
quality control--and the formal title of
the open position is "customer."
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Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-12-26 21:57 point by point advantages of Ada Russ
2002-12-27 10:54 ` Ingo Marks
2002-12-27 21:11 ` Keith Thompson
2002-12-27 21:31 ` Robert A Duff
2002-12-29 18:31 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2002-12-29 20:09 ` James S. Rogers
2003-01-06 23:13 ` David Thompson
2003-01-07 1:35 ` James S. Rogers
2003-01-07 19:34 ` Randy Brukardt
2003-01-07 21:53 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-01-08 0:36 ` Richard Riehle
2003-01-08 17:50 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-01-08 20:31 ` Randy Brukardt
2003-01-13 16:37 ` Mark Biggar
2002-12-29 21:56 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-12-29 22:30 ` John R. Strohm
2002-12-29 23:16 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-01-02 14:24 ` Wes Groleau [this message]
2003-01-03 8:20 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-01-03 14:00 ` Wes Groleau
2003-01-08 20:55 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-12-29 19:20 ` chris.danx
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