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: 103376,325c54deb91283fd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-25 16:57:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!tdsnet-transit!newspeer.tds.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada in Iraq Date: 25 Apr 2003 18:57:08 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <1051282861.155019@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <434D6BE07B88DDF3.14FA79DE87C7C338.160D352186C8E9CD@lp.airnews.net> <1051303356.875377@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1051314937 9154 192.135.80.34 (25 Apr 2003 23:55:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 23:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36579 Date: 2003-04-25T18:57:08-05:00 List-Id: In article <1051303356.875377@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>, Hyman Rosen writes: > John R. Strohm wrote: >> THANK YOU for this admission of ignorance. >> >> I now know that I can safely ignore any and everything you say about Ada, >> knowing that you have previously admitted to having no actual knowledge. > > Umm, yeah, whatever. I'm actually on the OP's side. > I wish he would be able to get Ada used on his project. > But from what he says, they embarked on a C++ project > without having staff who knew C++ well enough to use it, > are are still having fallout from that. I expect that > with that attitude, they would suffer the same problems > using Ada, because they would try to build an Ada project > using staff who didn't know Ada well enough. As an Ada fan, perhaps I am happy that Ada is not allowed by such a management structure. > Or is it your contention that even people who don't know > Ada can build a large successful project with it? If so, > I'll start right away! In general, no, but based on your overall remarks here you understand the quality issues well enough that _you_ could probably do it. But if there is some C++ that is going to affect my safety, I would rather it were written by you than by someone else.