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 10.66.219.135 with SMTP id po7mr21229313pac.9.1414422411422; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:06:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.111.42 with SMTP id if10mr125748igb.7.1414422411305; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:06:51 -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!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.ripco.com!news.glorb.com!h15no204902igd.0!news-out.google.com!ks2ni4879igb.0!nntp.google.com!h15no204894igd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:06:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <52d509e9-6ed6-4166-b0f0-c7a3e694b352@googlegroups.com> 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: <52d509e9-6ed6-4166-b0f0-c7a3e694b352@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: F-22 ADA Programming From: Adam Beneschan Injection-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:06:51 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:22816 Date: 2014-10-27T08:06:50-07:00 List-Id: On Sunday, October 26, 2014 5:31:59 PM UTC-7, David Botton wrote: > > Well said. If I'm in charge of a project to be done in ANY language, > > I'd rather hire competent programmers and teach them that language, > > rather than hire programmers who know (only) that language. > > Agreed because we "understand" it is the skills to engineer not the language that makes the difference. That is not what a pointy haired manager understands. This is one of my favorites: http://www.dawood.in/if-carpenters-were-hired-like-programmers/ -- Adam