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Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:55989
Date: 2019-03-28T22:13:29-07:00
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On Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 9:48:09 PM UTC+1, G. B. wrote:
> Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> > On 2019-03-28 08:01, Maciej Sobczak wrote:
> > Attempts to use quality assurance=20
> > methods known in engineering disciplines to software result in=20
> > nonsensical standards and certification procedures which assure nothing=
=20
> > but wasting human resources.
> >=20
>=20
> The equivalence class of economically viable software firms demonstrates
> that there exist a sweet spot. It lies between investing in the productio=
n
> of correct logic and selling software that has layers of waste.
>=20
> For an analogy, compare compost and composites.=20
>=20
> Customers and programmers alike might say that anything with waste in it =
is
> not sweet, it=E2=80=99s bitter. But, they are sheep. Enjoy Ada while you =
can.

With Internet of Things and the like devices, self-driving cars etc. the ne=
ed for correctness in software will only increase not otherwise. When compu=
ters can affect the environment physically matter of correct behaviour beco=
mes paramount, so Ada really have the future. What's important is to promot=
e it outside of safety-critical software, for general programming, so that =
those that don't even know about Ada now can learn it and use it.