From: tmoran@acm.org
Subject: Re: Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 19:11:09 GMT
Date: 2003-03-05T19:11:09+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gZr9a.370561$vm2.279091@rwcrnsc54> (raw)
In-Reply-To: b44t8c$8s5$1@slb0.atl.mindspring.net
>O.K. I can live with that. Given that one needs to ask what "Better" means
>to the programming language consumer.
>So C/C++ may be "better" because there is a huge installed base of software
Darwin wouldn't have said "There are a lot of ants in the world,
therefore ants must be the fittest creatures." In a niche with certain
resources and problems, ants do very well. In another niche, in the
same world, humans do quite well. If humans want to displace ants in
a location, they have to modify the environment in human friendly,
ant unfriendly, ways. If we want Ada to displace C in some market,
we need to modify that market - pointing out the dangers of C, encouraging
software liability laws, getting government seed money, building
convenient Ada libraries, whatever - in Ada friendly, C unfriendly, ways.
>One ignores Adam Smith at one's peril. Its sort of like ignoring gravity.
Free Markets are to Adam Smith as apples are to Isaac Newton. Newton
didn't say "gravity makes everything fall, therefore satellites can't
work" and Smith didn't say "Free Markets are the single best solution
under all circumstances".
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2003-02-25 11:17 Container libraries Jano
2003-02-25 15:48 ` Preben Randhol
2003-02-25 19:26 ` Jano
2003-02-26 17:51 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2003-02-27 12:04 ` Preben Randhol
2003-02-28 7:27 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2003-03-01 12:29 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-01 18:20 ` tmoran
2003-03-03 12:56 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-03 15:53 ` Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-03 18:16 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-03 18:46 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-03 21:03 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-04 12:59 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-04 13:32 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-05 12:46 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-04 13:42 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-04 15:32 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-04 16:05 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-05 1:59 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-05 7:54 ` Pascal Obry
2003-03-05 13:25 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-05 16:21 ` Pascal Obry
2003-03-05 16:28 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-05 21:43 ` Pascal Obry
2003-03-06 7:12 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-05 15:46 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-05 13:24 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-05 17:09 ` Way OT: Email/Browser clients Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-03-05 20:34 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-06 7:10 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-06 17:48 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-03-05 13:01 ` Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets Marin David Condic
2003-03-05 13:37 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-06 12:34 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-06 13:28 ` Ludovic Brenta
2003-03-06 17:20 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-06 16:48 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 22:57 ` Faust
2003-03-11 22:55 ` Faust
2003-03-12 7:44 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-12 8:40 ` Samuel Tardieu
2003-03-12 8:57 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-04 19:02 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-05 17:36 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-03-04 19:44 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-05 13:13 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-05 19:11 ` tmoran [this message]
2003-03-05 20:31 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-06 12:51 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-04 23:41 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-04 10:10 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-04 15:40 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-04 15:58 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-04 16:35 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-04 16:59 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-04 19:47 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-04 20:14 ` Samuel Tardieu
2003-03-04 22:36 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-04 18:39 ` tmoran
2003-03-05 15:47 ` Ted Dennison
2003-03-06 11:34 ` Samuel Tardieu
2003-03-05 11:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-05 15:39 ` Ted Dennison
2003-03-06 8:50 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-04 16:44 ` Richard Riehle
2003-03-04 18:04 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-04 19:53 ` Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets/Word Processing Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-04 21:22 ` Simon Wright
2003-03-04 22:43 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-05 13:12 ` Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets Preben Randhol
2003-03-04 19:02 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-04 19:59 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-05 3:07 ` Document Engineering was " Robert C. Leif
2003-03-06 22:08 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-07 3:19 ` Document Engineering was RE: Way OT: Adam Smith and SoftwareMarkets Robert C. Leif
2003-03-07 15:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-06 22:41 ` Document Engineering was RE: Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-07 3:19 ` Document Engineering was RE: Way OT: Adam Smith and SoftwareMarkets Robert C. Leif
2003-03-06 18:02 ` Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets Jason
2003-03-07 3:19 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-07 8:00 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-07 8:09 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-07 13:32 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-07 14:06 ` Samuel Tardieu
2003-03-07 14:51 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-08 5:31 ` tmoran
2003-03-08 13:26 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-08 17:57 ` tmoran
2003-03-09 4:06 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-10 3:22 ` tmoran
2003-03-09 7:35 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-09 13:56 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-09 18:29 ` Richard Riehle
2003-03-09 18:29 ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-03-09 19:08 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-10 0:35 ` Richard Riehle
2003-03-09 23:48 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-11 11:07 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-11 18:08 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-11 18:40 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-12 16:44 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-07 15:22 ` Stanley R. Allen
2003-03-07 15:32 ` Samuel Tardieu
2003-03-07 16:01 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-07 18:34 ` Jason
2003-03-07 19:35 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-11 12:22 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-11 16:22 ` Richard Riehle
2003-03-11 18:03 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 18:14 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-17 7:00 ` David Thompson
2003-03-12 8:07 ` tmoran
2003-03-12 15:41 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-12 16:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-12 18:37 ` tmoran
2003-03-12 19:13 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-13 18:21 ` Jason
2003-03-13 19:04 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-07 23:44 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-09 7:37 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-07 19:24 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-07 19:48 ` Advertisment for Ada (was Re: Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets) Preben Randhol
2003-03-08 16:02 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-08 18:58 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-10 11:03 ` Peter Hermann
2003-03-10 18:43 ` Adam Ruth
2003-03-11 8:33 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 8:58 ` Advertisment for Ada Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-03-11 9:05 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 10:10 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-03-11 12:26 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-11 16:27 ` Richard Riehle
2003-03-11 18:07 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 23:19 ` Faust
2003-03-12 5:55 ` Hide Ada's DOD/military connection (Re: Advertisment for Ada) Faust
2003-03-12 16:21 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-12 20:16 ` Mike Silva
2003-03-12 21:30 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-12 17:59 ` Advertisment for Ada Steve
2003-03-13 23:36 ` Faust
2003-03-12 10:24 ` Victor Porton
2003-03-08 16:22 ` Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets Stanley R. Allen
2003-03-09 7:30 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-02 18:04 ` Container libraries Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-01 13:43 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-03 8:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-01 10:02 ` A question relating to package interfaces.fortran Zheng Long Gen
2003-02-27 12:47 ` Container libraries Marin David Condic
2003-02-25 22:07 ` Simon Wright
2003-02-25 23:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-02-26 2:21 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-03-02 9:06 ` steve_H
2003-03-02 12:06 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-02 20:17 ` Simon Wright
2003-02-26 18:17 ` Jano
2003-02-26 19:27 ` Simon Wright
2003-02-26 23:10 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-02-27 8:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-02-26 1:51 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-02-26 18:17 ` Jano
2003-02-26 8:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-02-26 18:51 ` Stephen Leake
2003-02-26 19:39 ` Martin Krischik
2003-02-27 17:19 ` Matthew Heaney
2003-02-28 18:28 ` Martin Krischik
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-03-06 15:19 Way OT:Adam Smith and Software Markets Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2003-03-06 16:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-03-09 18:32 ` Richard Riehle
2003-03-07 5:31 Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2003-03-08 10:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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