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: 1994-10-12 10:53:17 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgiblab!cs.uoregon.edu!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!fastrac.llnl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!trib.apple.com!amd!netcomsv!annwfn!annwfn!merlin From: merlin@annwfn.com (Fred McCall) Subject: Re: Eiffel for DoD development? Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 07:38:03 -0400 Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.lang.ada Message-ID: <85CC1A35BB4@annwfn.com> References: <376a55$5af@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> Organization: Is For People Who Don't Have Real Work X-Newsreader: Newsy 0.23 Xref: bga.com comp.lang.eiffel:2256 comp.object:7285 comp.lang.ada:6816 Date: 1994-10-12T07:38:03-04:00 List-Id: In <376a55$5af@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM David Weller writes: >I agree completely with this. There should be sufficient flexibility >in prototype work for people to explore alternative languages, >architectures, etc. Should that move out into the realm of >long-lived, maintained software for the DoD? No. Emphatically no. >You're welcome to disagree with me on this. Counterarguments, >however, won't change my opinion. In other words, don't cloud the issue with facts. Your mind is made up. Do you still wonder why I object to the Ada Mandate and the type of thinking (like this) that it seems to engender? -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden --------------------------------------------------------------------------- merlin@annwfn.com -- I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.