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Date: 1 Jun 93 14:51:36 GMT
From: emery@mitre-bedford.arpa  (David Emery)
Subject: Re: Rational Inc.  touts C++ = Ada for large projects
Message-ID: <EMERY.93Jun1095136@goldfinger.mitre.org>
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>    If I can't appeal to your ethics, consider this - it's going to be
>difficult to get a job in the private sector as the DoD downsizes if you
>are associated with this stuff.

This is an interesting quote...  Let me make my position on this quite
clear:  If the choice is between working in C/C++ and not working in
this business, I choose the latter, fully understanding the financial
cost.  

One of the major problems with the software 'business' right now is
captured in the notion that it's OK to hack.  That is not software
engineering, and if I can't do software engineering, I won't do
software.

>       Preliminary results from the development of Rational Rose,
>       a large ( > 100 KLOC ) program written in C++, 

Incidentally, where I work, 100k SLOC is NOT considered a large
program.  100k SLOC is a *small* program around here.

				dave