Re: Early Ada Mistakes (was: Re: += in ada)

["Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" <aek@vib.usr.pu.ru>]

Ed Falis wrote:

>Someone should write a biography of Ada along the lines of "Soul of a New 
>Machine".  All of the dramatic elements are there for the general 
>entertainment.

I have read "Soul of a New Machine" about 15 years ago, and I still remember it.
And I don't think that it is possible to compose something similar about Ada,
because a problem of hardware (in broad sense, it shouldn't be necessarily
computers). Hardware must be in place, you can't produce really good literature
about software only... because that software must have a valid purpose (without
known purpose all software-related problems will look just as a kind of soap
opera). And I think that this is particularly true for Ada. So, if you include
both Ada and hardware, you'll get not a small book, but a huge volume.

Then, look at the characters: those in "Soul..." are good persons, but even
the main character is still not heavyweight - and what we have in Ada history
in this respect?

Although... if you ask Tim Rice, perhaps he will find it an interesting idea? -:)



Alexander Kopilovitch                      aek@vib.usr.pu.ru
Saint-Petersburg
Russia

Ed Falis wrote:

>Someone should write a biography of Ada along the lines of "Soul of a New 
>Machine".  All of the dramatic elements are there for the general 
>entertainment.

I have read "Soul of a New Machine" about 15 years ago, and I still remember it.
And I don't think that it is possible to compose something similar about Ada,
because a problem of hardware (in broad sense, it shouldn't be necessarily
computers). Hardware must be in place, you can't produce really good literature
about software only... because that software must have a valid purpose (without
known purpose all software-related problems will look just as a kind of soap
opera). And I think that this is particularly true for Ada. So, if you include
both Ada and hardware, you'll get not a small book, but a huge volume.

Then, look at the characters: those in "Soul..." are good persons, but even
the main character is still not heavyweight - and what we have in Ada history
in this respect?

Although... if you ask Tim Rice, perhaps he will find it an interesting idea? -:)



Alexander Kopilovitch                      aek@vib.usr.pu.ru
Saint-Petersburg
Russia