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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-03 17:46:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Eric Merritt Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 17:45:36 -0800 (PST) Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1015206362 69671 137.194.161.2 (4 Mar 2002 01:46:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 01:46:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <3C81DF1F.9000503@mail.com> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20741 Date: 2002-03-03T17:45:36-08:00 --- Hyman Rosen wrote: > Jeffrey Carter wrote: > > No, it's primarily the difference between coders > and software engineers. > > You mean because software engineers value > conciseness and economy > of expression, they prefer braces, while coders, who > get paid by > the line, prefer the wordier languages and > begin/end? > I believe you have this backwards (although I understand the sarcasm). In any case, on with my rant. No self respecting person who values his work would prefer quick coding times and clever statements to maintainability and readability. In my opinion you can usually tell the cube monkeys from the craftsmen by spending a few minutes looking at their code. The less readably their code (in any language not just Ada) and the more often 'clever' occur the more likely it is that they are cube monkeys. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy Baseball http://sports.yahoo.com