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: 103376,5dadc78d94298b82 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-13 10:05:45 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!feed-out.newsfeeds.com!newsfeeds.com!feed.newsfeeds.com!newsfeeds.com!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison Sender: usenet@www.newsranger.com References: <3A872501.1186F238@uol.com.br> <96926f$7m1$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Subject: Re: Misconception about Ada? Message-ID: Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:05:00 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com X-Trace: www.newsranger.com 982087500 127.0.0.1 (Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:05:00 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:05:00 EST Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5227 Date: 2001-02-13T18:05:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , Brian Rogoff says... > >On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Ted Dennison wrote: >> Interesting difference. I assume you picked this up from your Computer >> Science department? > >I was a Math guy. Hacking was part of the school's history and culture. Of Ahh. So we are still back to the possiblity that the terminology difference stems from a CS vs. non-CS background. I was hoping to hear from CS people who learned it as a postitive term, or perhaps non-CS people who didn't. >Ever play speed chess? It's rather different from a regular chess game Actually, the way I play chess is an excellent example. You can consider me sort of a "chess hacker", in my sense of the word "hacker". I play each move as its own game, with no overriding plan (and no idea how to make one). As a result, I'm incapable of beating anyone who's any good. In particular: o I walk right into traps. o My position after the first few moves is always a complete mess. o I take forever to perform a move. o For someone who knows what they are doing, I'm no fun to play with. >programming is even more valuable in rapid development. Once you've got >the basics of Ada down, it's pretty fast to write since you don't debug as >much as in C. I'd agree with that. However, even for "rapid development", you have to sit down first and figure out what you are trying to do and roughly how you want to try to get there. If you just sit down at a GUI-builder and start throwing controls up on the screen, you'll take 3 times a long to get anywhere, and it probably won't be a pleasant place when you get there. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com