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-Thread: 103376,6192a34d0c9ffe5b X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!gegeweb.org!news.ecp.fr!news.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!jacob-sparre.dk!ada-dk.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Tutor Web Site Shutting Down Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 19:07:01 -0500 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: <7f53de8e-2400-4c87-a818-0b389e117c42@e21g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> <4d9eea12$0$302$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <2aeab5d1-fa6d-47de-ab53-9a8e6ab5f27a@h9g2000pre.googlegroups.com> <3a6f1fc2-3ae0-42d9-b483-d16cf7ab1566@x8g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <991499fb-bc24-4d7e-baf6-a9c0e16333e6@k22g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> <291504a4-ec55-45f1-bf7f-13078bf71c3e@m10g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> <4dcbf260$0$6992$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <3bae2d75-31b0-4a88-b655-bd657921d15c@z7g2000prh.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: static-69-95-181-76.mad.choiceone.net X-Trace: munin.nbi.dk 1305331625 5271 69.95.181.76 (14 May 2011 00:07:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 00:07:05 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6090 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19260 Date: 2011-05-13T19:07:01-05:00 List-Id: "Adam Beneschan" wrote in message news:3bae2d75-31b0-4a88-b655-bd657921d15c@z7g2000prh.googlegroups.com... ... >Seems right. Actually, I find Georg's assertion puzzling. The >quality of software has to do with the experience of the people >writing it, and with the design principles (or lack of) that the >software developers apply or fail to apply. Carefulness is a factor, >of course. The choice of language is a smaller factor, but as we know >on c.l.a a language can help support or hinder good software design >principles. Hardware limitations can be a small factor, since it's >harder to write good quality software when your memory space is >limited. The choice of OS seems to be one of the least important >factors of all. It's really hard for me to imagine how the choice of >DOS versus other operating systems available at the time (or >potentially available) could have any significant impact on software >quality at all. Considering that DOS really didn't do anything other than provide a bootstrap mechanism, simple file system, and program loader, it's hard to blame it for anything. Put a well-designed Ada system on top and it was as reliable as any other OS I've worked on. Put junk on top, well, the OS isn't going to stop it from being junk! Randy. -- Adam