From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_05,FROM_ADDR_WS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 4 Feb 93 00:20:44 GMT From: att!cbnewsk!cbnewsj!att-out!walter!obry@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Pascal Obry ) Subject: Re: Comments on Ada vs. C++ panel Message-ID: List-Id: Fred, > I'm curious about this. Perhaps someone who agrees with this can > explain to me why a language restriction is better than, say, an > organizational policy restriction. Personally, I would consider a > language that allows me to do things in special cases to be better > than one which does not, even if the 'things' are not necessarily a > good idea in the usual case. No flamewar here. The answer could be : We need language restrictions because we are *only* humans. And even with a strong policy restrictions we can't be sure to stay in the straight line. And worst we can't be sure that others would stay ... So after while, how will you look at the software ? Pascal. Le plus important dans un language ce n'est pas ce qu'il permet c'est ce qu'il interdit. J.P. Rosen (I'am not sure of the author) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Pascal OBRY -- -- Room 2D-337 e_mail : obry@bellcore.com -- -- Bellcore -- -- 445 South Street voice : 1 - 201 829 4039 -- -- Post Office Box 1910 FAX : 1 - 201 829 5981 -- -- Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1910 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- `` inheritance is surely a good answer, but who knows the question ? ''