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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.129.116.214 with SMTP id p205mr14601352ywc.55.1455908200263; Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:56:40 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.153.2 with SMTP id vc2mr209273obb.11.1455908200221; Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:56:40 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!y89no2815896qge.0!news-out.google.com!l1ni18752igd.0!nntp.google.com!hb3no7208976igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:56:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=75.161.113.244; posting-account=lJ3JNwoAAAAQfH3VV9vttJLkThaxtTfC NNTP-Posting-Host: 75.161.113.244 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <90fbbea7-b3de-4c39-bbf2-7260616d5c8c@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Design discussion for Ada "package manager" (online library) From: Shark8 Injection-Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:56:40 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:29555 Date: 2016-02-19T10:56:40-08:00 List-Id: While I agree that the Ada community tends to be a bit more deliberative, t= here are some serious problems with the "shut up and hack" mindset. One of my former co-workers had the ability to do VERY quick coding, very u= seful for the "we need a [temporary] fix NOW!"-solutions... but even though= he was quick, he often applied superficial 'solutions', like suggesting th= at CSV could be handled with string-splitting on commas. For a community that generally wants to "do the right thing" (real software= engineering), I think it's a good thing to try to find out what the right = thing IS.