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"Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@attbi.com> wrote in message news:<3EC539FA.1040500@attbi.com>...

> > But the truth is the choice of language has little to
> > do with situations like these.
> 
> No, no, NO!  Sorry. There are two nice software engineering terms 
> coupling and cohesion. Low coupling means that program modules have a 
> low degree of interaction with other modules. Cohesion means that code 

Well, ok, I will agree the choice of language does have something to
do with getting the design into implementation.  In which case,
unless you have been using the latest Ada versions, you
might want to check out these "OOP" thingies that C has evolved into!

Even prior to OOP, you could translate a good design into
C, but it did require more planning.  Ada, like other
languages before it, did provide ADTs, and taking
advantage of that is certainly a good idea if
you are working in Ada.