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Hyman Rosen wrote:
> He has a point there. If you've got the same programmers
> who screwed up because they tried to develop a system in
> C++ without knowing C++, they'll screw up a system in Ada
> because they don't know Ada. Obviously, your management
> doesn't feel that it's necessary for programmers to be
> expert in the language they use. Too bad for them, and for
> you.

I'd put it slightly differently: the same programmers
who screwed up because they tried to develop a system in
a language they weren't capable of learning, will
screw up a system in any language for the same reason.