From: milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo)
Subject: Re: Choosing C++ instead of Ada
Date: 1996/10/25
Date: 1996-10-25T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <milodDzuDtt.E0s@netcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 54pqdo$ndr@mippet.ci.com.au
amd001@its.maynick.com.au (Andrew Dunstan) writes:
>William Clodius (wclodius@lanl.gov) wrote:
>: Still I suspect that any reasonable person would agree that the number
>: of Ada vendors is significantly less thatn the number of C++ vendors.
>The number of smart people is significantly less than the number of
>not so smart people. So we should use not so smart programmers because
>there are lots of tools around for fixing their mistakes, right?
>Or am I missing something here? :-)
Yes. You forget that a "bell curve" has two tails. The number of
really really stupid people is also much less than the number of
average people. So this must be why there are only a few companies
that cater to them. :-)
GDR (Grinning, Ducking, and Running)
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ciao,
milo
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Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-10-09 0:00 What is Ada used for??? Sean Roehnelt
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Aron Felix Gurski
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-10 0:00 ` Jason Smith
1996-10-10 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1996-10-20 0:00 ` Choosing C++ instead of Ada (was What is Ada used for?) Richard Riehle
1996-10-21 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-22 0:00 ` whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting)
1996-10-22 0:00 ` Choosing C++ instead of Ada Stanley R. Allen
1996-10-24 0:00 ` William Clodius
1996-10-25 0:00 ` Poutanen Olavi
1996-10-25 0:00 ` jim hopper
1996-10-25 0:00 ` Andrew Dunstan
1996-10-25 0:00 ` John DiCamillo [this message]
1996-10-25 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-10-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-10-28 0:00 ` David Emery
1996-10-28 0:00 ` Rush Kester
1996-10-30 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1996-10-28 0:00 ` Thomas Kendelbacher
1996-10-31 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-11-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-30 0:00 ` David Emery
1996-10-28 0:00 ` Poutanen Olavi
1996-10-25 0:00 ` Choosing C++ instead of Ada (was What is Ada used for?) Kazimir Majorinc
1996-10-21 0:00 ` Robert B. Love
1996-10-24 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-10-10 0:00 ` What is Ada used for??? Robert S. White
1996-10-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
[not found] ` <AE817A13-1E0BE@206.107.67.30>
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-21 0:00 ` Jin Xue Kuang
1996-10-15 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-10-25 0:00 ` Choosing C++ instead of Ada (was What is Ada used for?) Robert I. Eachus
1996-10-26 0:00 ` Choosing C++ instead of Ada Robert I. Eachus
1996-10-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-10-30 0:00 ` Arlene S. Felton
1996-11-04 0:00 ` nasser
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