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: 103376,43f65db68662a705 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-17 12:21:35 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!eff!blanket.mitre.org!linus.mitre.org!clreedy-mac.mitre.org!user From: creedy@mitre.org (Chris Reedy) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Top 10 Ada myths Date: 17 Mar 1995 19:43:54 GMT Organization: The MITRE Corporation Message-ID: References: <51286.pukite@daina.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: clreedy-mac.mitre.org Date: 1995-03-17T19:43:54+00:00 List-Id: In article <51286.pukite@daina.com>, wrote: > > 4. Myth: Ada is for wimps (or words to that effect). > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I don't have a good explanation for this one. Is it the name Ada? > Or maybe that Ada programming is not associated with software hackers, > many of whom actually _enjoy_ spending time debugging obfuscated code? > Actually, Ada programmers don't care what they get called, as long > as they can continue to compile working programs the first time > through without needing to invoke a debugger. > Unfortunately, there are too many programmers(?) who think that Ada is for wimps because they don't believe that writing programs that can be read and maintained by anyone other than themselves or their immediate cohorts is an appropriate goal for a programming language (as opposed to getting as close to the bare silicon as they can). Chris The above opinions are my own and not MITRE's. Chris Reedy, Workstation System Engineering Center, Z667 The MITRE Corporation, 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102-3481 Email: creedy@mitre.org Phone: (703) 883-7183 FAX: (703) 883-6991