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=3.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b0123581076a0cf3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-13 01:22:12 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!hacktic!mbase97.xs4all.nl!gijs From: gijs@mbase97.xs4all.nl (Maarten Landzaat) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: Organization: M-BASE Subject: Re: Ada ad in Embedded Systems Programming stinks References: <1994Sep1.084046.21595@sei.cmu.edu> <344u9q$di5@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> <347idh$15ss@watnews1.watson.ibm.com> <34tu91$139u@source.asset.com> <34usma$hti@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> <19940911.4965@naggum.no> Reply-To: gijs@mbase97.xs4all.nl X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.10 Rev. May 17 1993 Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 21:16:24 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 1994-09-12T21:16:24+02:00 List-Id: Erik Naggum writes: >programmers who _don't_ have readily available copies of the reference >manual for the language(s) and libraries they use are a dangerous breed. > ># >-- >Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer. Your statement is not the answer. It is the question. NO is the answer. But seriously: I think you are exaggerating. Programmers should write 'good' code. One of the virtues of good code is that it uses constructs that anybody can understand. It's the same as with natural language: difficult sentences sound bombastic and don't get the message across. Although a manual within reach IS of course very useful... -- Maarten Landzaat (gijs@mbase97.xs4all.nl) Amsterdam, Double bass, Fender Jazz Bass, Atari ST, Roland Sound Canvas. Listen to M-BASE music!