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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,e55245590c829bef X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!94.75.214.39.MISMATCH!aioe.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: _Type vs no _Type Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:03:05 +0100 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <86wroy58ff.fsf@gareth.avalon.lan> <86pqup5xfy.fsf@gareth.avalon.lan> <86y69d3rec.fsf@gareth.avalon.lan> <82lj5c5ecm.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <82zktq4n9b.fsf_-_@stephe-leake.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: DiGLPd43lnw8JsA8Yc5Vdg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.63 (Win32) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:16353 Date: 2010-11-07T22:03:05+01:00 List-Id: Le Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:41:57 +0100, Jeffrey Carter = a =C3=A9crit: > Use, yes. That doesn't necessarily require attracting coders to the = > language. Just as construction workers have to use the materials chose= n = > by the civil engineer, coders should have to use the language chosen b= y = > the S/W engineer. So the use could increase without coders wanting to = = > use the language. Yes, but you know bosses and managers, have some management and decision= = theories, and one of these, states a good strategy is to follow the crow= d = so that they will be sure to never be held responsible for anything: =E2= =80=9CI = did nothing wrong, made no wrong decision, see you self, every one was = thinking the same at that time! I am not responsible!=E2=80=9D [Any rese= mblance to = persons living or dead is purely coincidental (TM)]. Off-topic for people who read french: je les appelle =E2=80=9Cles respon= sables de = toucher la paie=E2=80=9D (cheese). End of Off-topic. Seriously, while I enjoy Ada, one thing I bother about, is that there is= = even no real Ada competitor. I believe Ada is not the only one of the li= ke = which could exist and some other ways as good as this one may be possibl= e. = We would have more interesting comparison basis, talks and others. This = = would be fine to have a serious Ada competitor, the culture in that area= = would be richer, with even more interesting talks. TBH: a target language is not the only topic, but we are precisely talki= ng = about this here. -- = Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es= t pas pour = les chiens. =E2=80=9CI am fluent in ASCII=E2=80=9D [Warren 2010]