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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d89b08801f2aacae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-03 17:00:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!kibo.news.demon.net!demon!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 10:40:42 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <4519e058.0204290722.2189008@posting.google.com> <3CCE8523.6F2E721C@earthlink.net> <3CCFFE11.F0CBE6FE@despammed.com> <3CD19EC1.BA1DCC3@boeing.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1020436844 23764 136.170.200.133 (3 May 2002 14:40:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 May 2002 14:40:44 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23523 Date: 2002-05-03T14:40:44+00:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey Carter" wrote in message news:3CD19EC1.BA1DCC3@boeing.com... > > 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 -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com