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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,d730ea9d54f7e063 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public From: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk) Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because... Date: 1996/08/01 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 171630516 references: <31e02c32.342948604@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <4s4adc$l4a@ecuador.it.earthlink.net> <31EA0B65.3EF8@wgs.estec.esa.nl> <31EF7E48.5ABE@lmtas.lmco.com> <4ss8ru$3d4@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <31F28DBD.2A1D@harris.com> <31f3c52e.238719470 <4tnoeh$qjr@maverick.tad.eds.com> organization: JerryWare HQ, Haarlem, Holland followup-to: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.cobol newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.cobol Date: 1996-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Darrin Smith (fignet05.darrins@eds.com) wrote: : In article , : rriehle@nunic.nu.edu says... : > One of the most absurd things that MIS directors have done in the : > past several years is try to convert their financial systems to C++. : How long have you been coding in C++? Although I might agree that it is more : logical to go from COBOL to OOCOBOL (especially if your current development : team knows COBOL), your comment about the C language is totally asinine. Really ? On what experience are you refering too ? I'm not aware of *any* major financial system written in C or C++. But I know plenty written in either PL/1 or COBOL. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Jerry van Dijk -- e-mail: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl -- -- Banking Consultant -- Member Team-Ada -- -- Ordina Finance BV -- Located at Haarlem, The Netherlands --