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: 103376,4c459ff0adb576bc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-09 18:59:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Refactoring and Ada References: <3C65BFF4.F15A07D0@earthlink.net> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.112.203.60 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1013309931 ST000 67.112.203.60 (Sat, 09 Feb 2002 21:58:51 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 21:58:51 EST Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: [[PAPDONAJUMB_LY@BCBNWX@RJ_XPDLMN@GZ_GYO^ZUDUWYAKVUOPCW[ML\JXUCKVFDYZKBMSFX^OMSAFNTINTDDMVW[X\THOPXZRVOCJTUTPC\_JSBVX\KAOTBAJBVMZTYAKMNLDI_MFDSSOLXINH__FS^\WQGHGI^C@E[A_CF\AQLDQ\BTMPLDFNVUQ_VM Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 02:58:51 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19825 Date: 2002-02-10T02:58:51+00:00 List-Id: >And the thing is, they were rarely in situations where the underlying >representation was of any interest, ... The only thing I could figure >was that it was paranoia from some of the early Ada adopters. A lesson for language designers? When cake mixes in boxes first came out they sold poorly. The directions said "add water and beat" and housewives felt useless. Then someone came out with a version where the housewife had to add an egg. That felt more like making a cake and resulted in much greater sales. Perhaps early Ada adopters also needed such a proprietary sense of accomplishment?