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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.175.107 with SMTP id bz11mr2428358pac.38.1414508199658; Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:56:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.111.166 with SMTP id ij6mr68626igb.4.1414508199464; Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:56:39 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!r10no962876igi.0!news-out.google.com!ks2ni4879igb.0!nntp.google.com!h15no807180igd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 07:56:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.126.103.122; posting-account=KSa2aQoAAACOxnC0usBJYX8NE3x3a1Xq NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.126.103.122 References: <220f97ab-9aa2-4961-b140-2b271c3ab99a@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: F-22 ADA Programming From: Adam Beneschan Injection-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:56:39 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:22856 Date: 2014-10-28T07:56:38-07:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, October 28, 2014 4:58:56 AM UTC-7, Bill White wrote: > >>> Anyway, I think Bob is right that it shouldn't make a difference--a > >>> competent programmer should be able to switch to a new language (or > >>> OS or platform or toolset) fairly easily. >=20 > That's ok for people with no purpose other than to make money. Good > programmers, the ones you want working for you and with you, usually love > and hate languages for good reasons. Beg to differ--**strongly**. I think I'm a good programmer. And while eve= ry language has its annoyances and some are more annoying than others, the = things I love about programming--the problem-solving and creative aspects, = among other things--don't have to do with one or another particular languag= e. (I recently completed a personal project, no money involved, in my leas= t-favorite language, PHP, and still enjoyed working on it despite all the t= hings I don't like about that language. I chose PHP because I knew it woul= d work on that particular platform and I didn't know what else would work.) I would hope that programmers who love the art of programming more than the= y love working in a particular language are the majority, not the minority. Please do not denigrate us as having "no purpose other than to make money."= Thank you. > Many people=20 > like to kid themselves and point out how they can learn new languages and= =20 > technologies all the time and they happily bounce from job to job coding = web=20 > or iPhone apps.=20 > But those people are either lying to themselves in that they don't really= =20 > ever learn anything and become cut and paste junkies or they are more=20 > focused on business or how many apps they have worked on or other issues = and=20 > coding is just a way to accomplish that.=20 I believe you are way, way off base here, although I'm sure there are some = such programmers who are kidding themselves. -- Adam