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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5cb36983754f64da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-12 05:25:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsrout1.ntli.net!news.ntli.net!newspeer1-win.server.ntli.net!newsfe5-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040208) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping References: <407A7CB0.8010406@noplace.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:27:43 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.107.63.68 X-Trace: newsfe5-gui.server.ntli.net 1081772714 81.107.63.68 (Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:25:14 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:25:14 GMT Organization: NTL Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7003 Date: 2004-04-12T13:27:43+01:00 List-Id: chris wrote: > Marin David Condic wrote: > >> It might be true, but it depends on that ellusive "All Other Things >> Being Equal" quality. That is never the case in the real world. When >> the OS is written in C, the GUI library is in C, the database is in C, >> bindings to all relevant other work are in C, the programmers are all >> trained up in C and thousands of books are out there in C, the playing >> field is uneven. If you want to win, you've got to tilt the playing >> field more in your direction. > > > My problem is that people make claims like that without explaining or > supporting them. "That" being the statement by Wes Groleau "If you have enough money to pay 100 programmers, then 100 Ada programmers are going to get more accomplished than 100 C programmers."