From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: ada without ada libraries?
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:56:38 -0600
Date: 2012-02-09T18:56:38-06:00 [thread overview]
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message
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> I don't claim that they could not be designed readable, but the fact that
> they are usually developed by groups of engineers strikes any chance for
> that. Language design is a very difficult task. There is no more than a
> dozen of people in the world who could do that.
I think you have this slightly wrong. Language design is a deceptively easy
task, which makes everyone *think* they can do it. (Like me! And Bob. etc.)
But getting a truly holistic design is very difficult, and has rarely been
accomplished. We owe such a large debt to Jean Ichbiah for the solid
foundation of Ada. (Bob and Tucker did a fine job with Ada 95, but the
pattern was already set.)
Randy.
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2012-02-07 21:14 ada without ada libraries? Patrick
2012-02-08 2:04 ` BrianG
2012-02-08 3:11 ` Gautier write-only
2012-02-08 8:35 ` tonyg
2012-02-08 9:10 ` Simon Wright
2012-02-08 12:02 ` Stephen Leake
2012-02-08 13:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-08 21:10 ` Patrick
2012-02-08 21:39 ` Gautier write-only
2012-02-09 2:11 ` Shark8
2012-02-09 2:08 ` Shark8
2012-02-09 3:43 ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-02-09 4:17 ` Shark8
2012-02-09 12:26 ` mockturtle
2012-02-09 8:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-09 9:55 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-09 10:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-09 11:08 ` Gautier write-only
2012-02-09 13:48 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-02-09 14:17 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-09 14:05 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-09 16:47 ` Pascal Obry
2012-02-09 17:03 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-09 17:08 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-09 17:26 ` Pascal Obry
2012-02-10 0:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-02-09 17:31 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-09 13:42 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-09 14:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-09 15:50 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-09 17:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-09 17:44 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-10 0:56 ` Randy Brukardt [this message]
2012-02-10 9:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-14 19:08 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-09 13:42 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
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