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 From: jsa@organon.com (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because... Date: 1996/07/05 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 163910726 sender: news@organon.com (news) references: <31daad10.57288085@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> organization: Organon Motives, Inc. newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c Date: 1996-07-05T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article Peter Amey writes: > All this talk about skilled programmers and being over-protected by Ada > reminds me of something that was drummed into me during my aviating > days. I was taught: > > "The superior pilot uses his superior judgement to avoid situations that > would require his superior skill" > > I use Ada precisely because it avoids the need constantly to demonstrate > my superior skill :-) Being an aviator myself, I think this is a good analogy and have used it myself on occasion. Note that this applies even though (actually _especially_) I fly aerobatics! ;-) /Jon -- Jon Anthony Organon Motives, Inc. 1 Williston Road, Suite 4 Belmont, MA 02178 617.484.3383 jsa@organon.com