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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,47327673b9e29af0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-01 07:48:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.abs.net!uunet!dca.uu.net!news.chips.ibm.com!newsfeed.btv.ibm.com!news.btv.ibm.com!not-for-mail From: pontius@btv.mbi.com.invalid () Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada -> C or C++ translator Date: 1 Jul 2002 14:30:17 GMT Organization: IBM Global Services North -- Burlington, Vermont, USA Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kimon.btv.ibm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.btv.ibm.com 1025533817 8854 9.61.142.122 (1 Jul 2002 14:30:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@btv.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Jul 2002 14:30:17 GMT X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.0 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26796 Date: 2002-07-01T14:30:17+00:00 List-Id: In article , tmoran@acm.org writes: >> So at the moment, while I may prefer to do some development in Ada, I >> am being told to "just use normal stuff that someone else can pick up >> from you, instead of something weird that will make us write it over." >> ... >> been using scripting languages so far. > > Beautiful! You can't use Ada, a language designed for lasting, > maintainable programs, because it's not been demonstrated that any > of your colleagues can handle it. But it's assumed that there must > be someone around who knows the scripting language you chose, and > your program in that language will be maintainable. The third > option being C/C++ because lots of your colleagues know that, and > the fact the code is generated by machine as an intermediate > "high level assembler" will certainly not be any problem. > I love it! #.# I would too, except I'm stuck in it. I've come under some flak for using Python instead of something more mainstream like Perl or Rexx. (Throw a smiley after that last one, if you wish.) Dale Pontius NOT speaking for IBM