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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-12 05:05:23 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!warwick!bsmail!uns.bris.ac.uk!ceb From: ceb@spitfire.pact.srf.ac.uk (Con Bradley) Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? In-Reply-To: darcy@druid.com's message of Sat, 10 Dec 1994 17:37:58 GMT Message-ID: Sender: usenet@info.bris.ac.uk (Usenet news owner) Nntp-Posting-Host: spitfire.pact.srf.ac.uk Organization: University of Bristol, England References: <1994Nov29.154220.27952@cognos.com> <1994Dec2.225748.1065@isis.muc.de> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 12:58:15 GMT Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8530 comp.lang.c:34315 comp.programming:5783 comp.lang.c++:40588 comp.object:9722 Date: 1994-12-12T12:58:15+00:00 List-Id: D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid.com) wrote: :Mike Chapman (Mike.Chapman@muc.de) wrote: :: The aspect of throw-away functions in APL I can readily confirm. :: You could spend a whole day writing a line of code. :: Two days later you would not understand it any more. :I have always said that I won't use a language of which the proponents put :code in front of each other and say "Bet you can't guess what this does!" There are competitions for the Worst Book of the year, the Worst Movie (film) of the year etc. and it doesn't prevent you reading a book nor going to the movies(films). I think it's all part of a healthy language culture, Con Bradley.