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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/02/12 Message-ID: <7a1bjc$41a$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 443598966 References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> <369DDDC3.FDE09999@sea.ericsson.se> <369e309a.32671759@news.demon.co.uk> <77ledn$eu7$1@remarQ.com> <77pnqc$cgi$1@newnews.global.net.uk> <8p64spq5lo5.fsf@Eng.Sun.COM> <77t3ld$nou$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79ce4s$lfq$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79chc7$ko6@drn.newsguy.com> <79dodb$rhf$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79fm3e$ffs$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79oj6d$eg8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79s23i$ena$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79s889$as4@drn.newsguy.com> <36C1BC8C.253C6E6D@easystreet.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x10.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 166.72.133.185 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Feb 12 13:50:40 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-02-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <36C1BC8C.253C6E6D@easystreet.com>, Al Christians wrote: > An important thing to remember is that reuse and quality > are highly correlated. Aonix used to emphasize this as > part of their sales pitch. As a component is widely and > frequently reused, it accumulates trust. The NIH excuse > is not so viable when the standard development > environment comes with the desired function builtin and > in wide usage. It should include everything that will be > used often enough to actually deserve that trust. But there are many ways such trust is accumulated. For example, I think for many people the Microsoft foundation classes are in this category, but they are of course NOT part of the language standard, and no one would consider them for inclusion in the standard. -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own