Peter Coffee Strikes Again

Peter Coffee Strikes Again

[Riehle, Richard]

There is an entertaining column in eWeek (June 11, 2001, page 47) with the
title, "C++ Falls Short of an 'A'," by Peter Coffee.   He has some kind
words for Ada as well as for Java and Modula-2.  Some of you might
want to thank him.

               http://www.eweek.com

               peter_coffee@ziffdavis.com

Richard Riehle



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Re: Peter Coffee Strikes Again

[Ted Dennison]

In article <DE4BEB94B03E194584F0068A671763BAB2C8B5@saipan>, Riehle, Richard
says...
>
>There is an entertaining column in eWeek (June 11, 2001, page 47) with the
>title, "C++ Falls Short of an 'A'," by Peter Coffee.   He has some kind
>words for Ada as well as for Java and Modula-2.  Some of you might
>want to thank him.

Actually, most of his "kind words" seem to be reserved for Java. He was nice
enough to parrot an industry report that they'd rather see Modula-2 or Ada in
use (based on type-safety issues, which I guess Java would share). Its a shame
that we have to be actively thankful when a journalist refers to a report with
actual information in it, rather than just mindlessly fanning the hype flames
like a palace eunuch, but I guess that's where we're at.

On a more positive note, I loved this comment:

"Is it an advantage that more C++ programmers can always be found when needed?
Or is it a serious problem that you always seem to need one more?"

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Re: Peter Coffee Strikes Again

[Marin David Condic]

I'm guessing this article is not on line? It does not appear anywhere from
the eWeek website search.

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"Riehle, Richard" <rdriehle@nps.navy.mil> wrote in message
news:DE4BEB94B03E194584F0068A671763BAB2C8B5@saipan...
> There is an entertaining column in eWeek (June 11, 2001, page 47) with the
> title, "C++ Falls Short of an 'A'," by Peter Coffee.   He has some kind
> words for Ada as well as for Java and Modula-2.  Some of you might
> want to thank him.
>
>                http://www.eweek.com
>
>                peter_coffee@ziffdavis.com
>
> Richard Riehle
>
>
>
> --
> Posted from monterey.nps.navy.mil [131.120.18.26]
> via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG

Re: Peter Coffee Strikes Again

[Marin David Condic]

O.K. To answer my own question:

http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2769111,00.html

Look under "Columnists"

So much for the quality of search engines.

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Pace Micro Technology Americas    www.pacemicro.com
Enabling the digital revolution
e-Mail:    marin.condic@pacemicro.com
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"Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com> wrote in
message news:9g8d4c$br$1@nh.pace.co.uk...
> I'm guessing this article is not on line? It does not appear anywhere from
> the eWeek website search.
>

Re: Peter Coffee Strikes Again

[Tarjei T. Jensen]

Riehle, Richard wrote in message ...
>There is an entertaining column in eWeek (June 11, 2001, page 47) with the
>title, "C++ Falls Short of an 'A'," by Peter Coffee.   He has some kind
>words for Ada as well as for Java and Modula-2.  Some of you might
>want to thank him.

The article is found at

http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2769111,00.html

Greetings,

Re: Peter Coffee Strikes Again

[John Kern]

Anyone have an idea what Peter means by "Industrial advisory boards"? 
Is that just the MISRA for automotive or are there others?

Thanks

"Tarjei T. Jensen" wrote:
> 
> Riehle, Richard wrote in message ...
> >There is an entertaining column in eWeek (June 11, 2001, page 47) with the
> >title, "C++ Falls Short of an 'A'," by Peter Coffee.   He has some kind
> >words for Ada as well as for Java and Modula-2.  Some of you might
> >want to thank him.
> 
> The article is found at
> 
> http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2769111,00.html
> 
> Greetings,