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 10.236.70.70 with SMTP id o46mr3760992yhd.9.1414521454191; Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:37:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.3.4 with SMTP id 4mr95822igy.15.1414521454094; Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:37:34 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!s7no1200114qap.0!news-out.google.com!ks2ni4879igb.0!nntp.google.com!h15no949998igd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:37:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.126.103.122; posting-account=KSa2aQoAAACOxnC0usBJYX8NE3x3a1Xq NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.126.103.122 References: <220f97ab-9aa2-4961-b140-2b271c3ab99a@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <99759c3f-a35f-4745-a8fd-2fb6ab6fb1aa@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: F-22 ADA Programming From: Adam Beneschan Injection-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:37:34 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Received-Bytes: 2468 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3568500827 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:22861 Date: 2014-10-28T11:37:33-07:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, October 28, 2014 11:29:26 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Carter wrote: > On 10/28/2014 01:45 AM, Natasha Kerensikova wrote: > > > > I switched years ago, but it isn't worth much without Ada-related job > > openings. And on top of that I will have to live through the frustration > > of using unhelpful tools and not-so-readable languages when I broaden my > > search (which will happen as soon as I finish accepting that said > > frustration is unavoidable). > > The Software-Engineering Code of Ethics (from the ACM/IEEE-CS) says (in part) > > "Software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications > meet the highest professional standards possible." > > Using error-prone, poorly designed languages would seem to violate this. Anyone > who would do work in such a language must, therefore, either not be a S/W > engineer, be an unethical S/W engineer, or think that producing substandard S/W > is ethical practice. I'm sorry, but this is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen posted in this newsgroup. -- Adam