From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost?
Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 10:40:42 -0400
Date: 2002-05-03T14:40:44+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aau7hc$n6k$1@nh.pace.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3CD19EC1.BA1DCC3@boeing.com
"Jeffrey Carter" <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> wrote in message
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>
> Are we far enough off topic yet?
Maybe. :-) But I don't think its as bad as other examples - political
diatribes, legal opinions, flame wars, netiquette lessons, etc. At least
this has been going back to the notion that one can't just assume that
because something sounds good, it must automatically *be* good. Just because
we believe strong typing in Ada is a contributor to productivity, it doesn't
follow that it automatically is in all circumstances. Like your DOS vs Mac
example - perhaps a developer can get too drawn up into creating lots of
highly specialized types (I've seen that!) and end up either a) building the
proverbial brick-outhouse and/or b) wasting too much time and/or c) actually
creating something that is *worse* than had they just stuck to basic
primitive types.
How's that for getting back on-topic? :-)
MDC
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Marin David Condic
Senior Software Engineer
Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com
Enabling the digital revolution
e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com
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2002-04-28 17:07 Is strong typing worth the cost? dmjones
2002-04-29 15:22 ` Ted Dennison
2002-04-29 15:53 ` Pat Rogers
2002-04-29 18:37 ` dmjones
2002-04-29 18:50 ` Pat Rogers
2002-04-29 19:00 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 11:50 ` Marc A. Criley
2002-04-30 13:24 ` dmjones
2002-04-30 15:03 ` Jim Rogers
2002-04-30 16:48 ` dmjones
2002-04-30 17:45 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 21:36 ` Brian Gaffney
2002-04-30 18:20 ` tmoran
2002-04-30 19:00 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 15:20 ` dmjones
2002-05-01 16:07 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 5:00 ` Simon Wright
2002-05-02 7:55 ` Martin Dowie
2002-05-01 16:51 ` Darren New
2002-05-01 17:25 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 16:09 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 13:46 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-03 22:54 ` Darren New
2002-05-01 18:22 ` tmoran
2002-05-01 18:50 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 20:30 ` Dan Andreatta
2002-05-01 21:47 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-02 15:43 ` Wes Groleau
2002-04-30 19:01 ` Preben Randhol
2002-04-30 19:28 ` Preben Randhol
2002-04-30 20:20 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 8:36 ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-01 11:50 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-01 13:39 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 2:24 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 15:47 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 16:37 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 19:59 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-02 21:48 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 22:16 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 23:52 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 0:17 ` Aidan Skinner
2002-05-03 0:31 ` Aidan Skinner
2002-05-03 15:10 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-03 16:06 ` Darren New
2002-05-06 16:37 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-06 17:40 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 2:06 ` tmoran
2002-05-07 15:21 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 19:11 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 15:31 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-03 16:21 ` Darren New
2002-05-06 15:33 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-06 16:30 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 15:38 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-03 16:07 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-03 19:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-05-03 20:55 ` Ed Falis
2002-05-04 16:34 ` Brian Rogoff
2002-05-03 0:22 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-03 0:48 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 12:11 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-03 14:27 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-04 0:23 ` Darren New
2002-05-06 17:54 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-07 15:28 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 17:54 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-05-03 14:01 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-03 23:41 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-06 18:05 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 14:19 ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-01 13:27 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 14:28 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 15:25 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 15:51 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 16:47 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-02 18:24 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-02 18:48 ` Dan Nagle
2002-05-03 8:44 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 10:17 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-03 10:48 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 13:13 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-03 14:40 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 14:32 ` Dan Nagle
2002-05-02 17:26 ` Larry Hazel
2002-05-02 18:12 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 18:40 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-02 21:54 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 18:54 ` Gary Scott
2002-05-02 21:56 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-26 17:56 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-26 22:04 ` Brian Rogoff
2002-05-27 23:26 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-28 15:26 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 11:30 ` Larry Kilgallen
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2002-05-02 16:12 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 21:17 ` Jim Rogers
2002-04-30 21:30 ` Darren New
2002-05-07 12:17 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2002-05-07 22:11 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-04-30 15:39 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 14:39 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 15:42 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 20:17 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-03 14:40 ` Marin David Condic [this message]
2002-05-26 16:51 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-28 15:16 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-30 17:02 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-04-30 17:27 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 20:15 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-04-30 20:42 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 12:00 ` Marc A. Criley
2002-05-02 15:20 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-02 16:19 ` Darren New
2002-05-03 14:44 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-30 21:40 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 21:43 ` tmoran
2002-04-30 22:38 ` Darren New
2002-04-30 18:04 ` Marin David Condic
2002-04-30 17:27 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-04-30 17:35 ` Marc A. Criley
2002-05-01 4:01 ` Richard Riehle
2002-04-29 16:02 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 0:31 ` dmjones
2002-05-01 8:05 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-01 8:07 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-01 14:32 ` Mike Silva
2002-05-01 15:52 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-02 16:17 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-02 18:53 ` tmoran
2002-05-02 18:58 ` Pat Rogers
2002-05-01 15:35 ` Jim Rogers
2002-05-01 16:17 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 18:42 ` dmjones
2002-05-01 20:12 ` Dan Andreatta
2002-05-01 20:19 ` Darren New
2002-05-01 22:17 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-02 16:18 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 21:46 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-01 22:21 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-02 11:28 ` John English
2002-05-02 16:18 ` Darren New
2002-05-02 16:41 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-02 18:28 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-02 19:53 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-03 12:12 ` Andrzej Filip
2002-05-03 10:14 ` Georg Bauhaus
2002-05-26 22:46 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-27 8:10 ` Florian Weimer
2002-05-01 22:47 ` Jim Rogers
2002-05-01 16:32 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-05-01 17:59 ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-01 19:08 ` Wes Groleau
2002-05-01 21:10 ` Brian Gaffney
2002-05-03 2:45 ` dmjones
2002-05-03 7:59 ` Martin Dowie
2002-05-03 8:43 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-03 8:55 ` Martin Dowie
2002-05-03 8:51 ` Preben Randhol
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2002-04-29 19:21 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-04-29 20:15 ` dmjones
2002-04-29 23:26 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-04-30 18:08 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-05-01 11:07 ` David Gillon
2002-04-30 20:32 Beard, Frank [Contractor]
2002-04-30 21:34 Gralia, Mars J.
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