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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,912597791e813f68 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-18 22:09:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.airnews.net!cabal12.airnews.net!usenet From: "John R. Strohm" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: advantages or disadvantages of ADA over pascal or modula Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 23:47:43 -0600 Organization: Airnews.net! at Internet America Message-ID: X-Orig-Message-ID: References: <3E171612.E4E2972@t-online.de> <3E296128.4183B70A@t-online.de> <6FD73B2917327E23.5FF84A56513A69C6.AC3092FBD5BCEE58@lp.airnews.net> Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library2.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Sun Jan 19 00:08:06 2003 NNTP-Posting-Host: !X&KK1k-X,`'\D? (Encoded at Airnews!) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33196 Date: 2003-01-18T23:47:43-06:00 List-Id: "Hyman Rosen" wrote in message news:R2pW9.11080$V75.7600@nwrddc02.gnilink.net... > John R. Strohm wrote: > > Or would you rather be the manager who can honestly sit in > > that witness stand and say he did EVERYTHING he could to ensure that the > > defect rate would be as low as possible? > > "You want to use Ada? Doesn't that make rockets explode?" No. It does not make rockets explode. It makes Boeing 777s fly.