Re: GCC conflict on Ubuntu for mixed Ada/C++ project

[Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>]

zeta_no expounded in news:c4259b0a-3d91-45e8-b88f-
d76c4c0e08ee@z31g2000vbk.googlegroups.com:

> Stephen Leake wrote:
> 
>> Compared to what? What other open source language community is better
>> organized?
> 
> Python appeared in 1991.  It has bindings and projects for almost
> everything.  It is used everywhere on open source projects.  How much
> you bet Python is much more popular than Ada?  How do you think they
> actually achieved that?  I know it is not geared toward the same use,
> but the phenomenon is there, to the point that many people try to use
> it on segment of computer programming where it should not belong.  You
> can even compile natively nowadays

I think this is a poor argument, as I am sure others will
vocalize.  Perl is another "popular" tool, with many add on
modules etc.  Both have their uses, but their popularity 
hardly makes a "superiority statement".  It only means that
they've been well accepted without implying much about their
application.  It's like saying MS Windows is the best design
based upon sales.

One aspect of programming that seems to be popular, is that
many programmers seem to prefer to have it compile and be 
wrong (if necessary) and then fix the issues as they discover
them.  They prefer tiny victories (if they got one) and
iterate to the final solution, through multiple edit +
compiles.

Ada OTOH, points out problems (often related to bad design) 
and tends to refuse to compile until "all is correct". By 
contrast, a small problem often works the first time after 
a successful Ada compile.

So how do you encourage ppl to "get it right" the first
time instead of accepting "early compile victories"?
emacs?

Warren