RE: The commercial world needs Ada was RE: A standard package for config files is needed

["Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com>]

From: Bob Leif
To: Darren New et al.

I have argued that Ada is a superb management tool. It motivates the
hackers to quit. Ada also selects for software engineers. Historically,
I have had trouble with Adaptec and its spin-off Roxio. 

Actually, it would be very difficult to separate the quality of a
language from the quality of the practitioners who select it. However,
the present sorry state of much of commercial software must be
correlated with its manufacturing techniques, which include the
programming language. Roxio's software does not seem to provide needed
exceptions, etc.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org
[mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org] On Behalf Of Darren New
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 9:30 AM
To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Subject: Re: The commercial world needs Ada was RE: A standard package
for config files is needed

"Robert C. Leif" wrote:
> 1) it writes to my CDRW slightly
> faster than an XP does to a floppy disc and 2) control C does not work
> for copying a file, 3) if does not generate appropriate exceptions if
> your CDRW BIOS is not functioning correctly. An Ada program to manage
> writing to CDs should have the distinct commercial advantage of
working.

What makes you think any of these flaws are specifically caused by the
choice of language in which anything is programmed?

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