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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,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: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-10 16:13:18 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!utzoo!telly!druid!darcy From: darcy@druid.com (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 941028BETA PL0] Organization: Planix, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Message-ID: References: <1994Nov29.154220.27952@cognos.com> <1994Dec2.225748.1065@isis.muc.de> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 17:37:58 GMT Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8493 comp.lang.c:34179 comp.programming:5768 comp.lang.c++:40475 comp.object:9690 Date: 1994-12-10T17:37:58+00:00 List-Id: 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!" -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid.com) | Planix, Inc. | Democracy is three wolves and a Toronto, Ontario, Canada | sheep voting on what's for dinner. +1 416 424 2871 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) |