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From: Ehud Lamm <mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il>
Subject: Re: scripting/extension language for Ada (was : Re: tagged types extensions)
Date: 2000/02/05
Date: 2000-02-05T18:47:02+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.96-heb-2.07.1000205204430.45392A-100000@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wcc4sborclg.fsf@world.std.com

On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Robert A Duff wrote:

|Anyway, "quickly written" is irrelevant.  The only time it can possibly
|make sense to use languages that are difficult to maintain is when
|you're going to quickly throw away the code after writing it.
|

Quite. Actually one of my question for SE students is "what is the impact
of glue programs written in non-safe scripting languages, on overal system
reliability" (well it is phrased differently, but this is the point of the
question). 

It is always worth repeating that there is nothing as perpetual as the
temporary...

Ehud Lamm mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il
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  reply	other threads:[~2000-02-05  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-01-27  0:00 tagged types extensions - language design question Vladimir Olensky
2000-01-27  0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
2000-01-28  0:00   ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-01-28  0:00     ` Andy
2000-01-28  0:00       ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-01-29  0:00         ` Andy
2000-01-31  0:00           ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-01-27  0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-27  0:00   ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-28  0:00   ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-01-28  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-28  0:00       ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-28  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
2000-02-01  0:00           ` Charles Hixson
2000-02-01  0:00             ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-29  0:00       ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-01-29  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-31  0:00           ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-01-31  0:00             ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-31  0:00               ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-01-29  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
2000-01-27  0:00 ` Fraser
2000-01-28  0:00 ` Tucker Taft
2000-01-31  0:00   ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-02-01  0:00   ` Charles Hixson
2000-02-01  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
2000-02-01  0:00       ` Brian Rogoff
2000-02-03  0:00         ` scripting/extension language for Ada (was : Re: tagged types extensions) root
2000-02-03  0:00           ` Brian Rogoff
2000-02-04  0:00             ` Ray Blaak
2000-02-04  0:00               ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-02-04  0:00                 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-02-05  0:00                   ` Lionel Draghi
2000-02-05  0:00                     ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-02-06  0:00                       ` Lionel Draghi
2000-02-06  0:00                       ` Bryce Bardin
2000-02-08  0:00                         ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-02-05  0:00                 ` Lionel Draghi
2000-02-05  0:00                 ` Ray Blaak
2000-02-04  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
2000-02-05  0:00                 ` Ehud Lamm [this message]
2000-02-05  0:00                 ` blaak
2000-02-05  0:00                   ` Brian Rogoff
2000-02-09  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
2000-02-09  0:00                     ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-10  0:00                       ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-02-10  0:00                 ` Pascal Martin
2000-02-10  0:00                   ` Ray Blaak
2000-02-11  0:00                     ` scripting/extension language for Ada (we have an opportunity here) Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-02-11  0:00                       ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-02-12  0:00                         ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-02-12  0:00                           ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-02-14  0:00                             ` Robert A Duff
2000-02-15  0:00                               ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-02-16  0:00                                 ` Robert A Duff
2000-02-16  0:00                                   ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-02-16  0:00                                     ` Robert A Duff
2000-02-17  0:00                                       ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-02-12  0:00                           ` root
2000-02-12  0:00                         ` Pascal Martin
2000-02-13  0:00                           ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-02-16  0:00                             ` scripting/extension ... [off topic] Nick Roberts
2000-02-16  0:00                               ` Ray Blaak
2000-02-12  0:00                         ` scripting/extension language for Ada (we have an opportunity here) Samuel T. Harris
2000-02-12  0:00                         ` blaak
2000-02-11  0:00                     ` scripting/extension language for Ada (was : Re: tagged types extensions) David Starner
2000-02-12  0:00                       ` blaak
2000-02-15  0:00                         ` Brian Rogoff
2000-02-12  0:00                       ` Pascal Martin
2000-02-14  0:00                     ` Robert A Duff
2000-02-05  0:00             ` scripting/extension language for Ada (was : Re: tagged typesextensions) Lionel Draghi
2000-02-05  0:00           ` scripting/extension language for Ada (was : Re: tagged types extensions) Ehud Lamm
2000-02-06  0:00             ` Lionel Draghi
2000-02-06  0:00               ` scripting/extension language for Ada Terry Westley
2000-02-06  0:00               ` scripting/extension language for Ada (was : Re: tagged types extensions) Ehud Lamm
2000-02-09  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
2000-01-31  0:00 ` tagged types extensions - language design question Mark Lundquist
2000-02-01  0:00   ` Ehud Lamm
2000-02-01  0:00   ` Simon Wright
2000-02-01  0:00   ` Vladimir Olensky
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