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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada requires too much typing!
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 06:29:31 -0700 (PDT)
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Peter C. Chapin wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> <quote>
> The whole "I will make you do extra work coding just so you can demonstra=
te
> to me that you're not being lazy" attitude of Java is perhaps useful in s=
ome
> situations, but we already have Java for that. =A0I don't think adopting =
that
> attitude of making you do busywork would be an asset for Scala.
>
> =A0 --Rex
> </quote>
>
> Hmmm... "busywork"... interesting. I can only imagine what this person, o=
r
> others in that community, would have to say about Ada... or SPARK!

Interpreting an rephrasing Rex's words: "Scala is for lazy
programmers; non-lazy ("serious"?) programmers should use Java." If he
really thinks Java is for the non-lazy ("serious"?) programmers, then
he needs a reality check. If Scala is for lazy programmers, then I'd
rather not have anything to do with it or with said programmers :)

Also interesting is his word "coding". In his mind, Java and Scala are
both for "coding", not for "writing" or "designing" or "explaining" a
program. In this light I can understand him; since both languages can
only convey "code", verbosity is of little value indeed.

Ada, by contrast, is not for "coders", it is for software engineers.
Ada program text (as opposed to "source code") carries a lot of
information about the design and intent of the program; about the whys
and wherefores and not just about the hows. *This* is the value of
verbosity.

Like I said earlier: sloppy programmers avoid Ada, therefore Ada helps
avoid sloppy programmers.

--
Ludovic Brenta.