From: billk@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Bill Kinnersley)
Subject: Re: Ada scandal makes front page of Wash. Post business section
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 18:06:47 GMT
Date: 1993-03-12T18:06:47+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <C3sFnI.6ws@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: EMERY.93Mar12101548@dr_no.mitre.org
In article <EMERY.93Mar12101548@dr_no.mitre.org> emery@dr_no.mitre.org (David Emery) writes:
: <Normally I don't respond to Ted's ravings, but there's a point I'd
: like to make here.>
:
: The morale of the story is that bad programmers can screw up using any
: language. Ada just makes this more visible.
:
It seems to me that the easiest way to refute this well-publicized example
is by giving a counterexample. Is there a project that you can point to
a) Of comparable size, complexity and importance
b) Ada was used
c) The programmers were happy
d) The customers were happy
e) Modifications were easily made
f) The project came in on time
--
--Bill Kinnersley
billk@hawk.cs.ukans.edu
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1993-03-10 22:38 Ada scandal makes front page of Wash. Post business section news
1993-03-11 20:49 ` fred j mccall 575-3539
1993-03-12 15:15 ` David Emery
1993-03-12 18:06 ` Bill Kinnersley [this message]
1993-03-12 20:38 ` David Emery
1993-03-17 22:54 ` Robert I. Eachus
1993-03-17 23:08 ` Robert I. Eachus
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1993-03-12 22:42 Charles H. Sampson
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1993-03-13 13:46 ` news
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