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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d89b08801f2aacae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-06 19:07:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? References: <3CD6C008.4E544675@san.rr.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.115.106.197 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1020737175 ST000 67.115.106.197 (Mon, 06 May 2002 22:06:15 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 22:06:15 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: Q[R_@SVGXZUWSVPXN[O@_WH@YR_B@EXLLBWLOOAFJYWZUYICD^RAQBKZQTZTX\_I[^G_KGFNON[ZOE_AZNVO^\XGGNTCIRPIJH[@RQKBXLRZ@CD^HKANYVW@RLGEZEJN@\_WZJBNZYYKVIOR]T]MNMG_Z[YVWSCH_Q[GPC_A@CARQVXDSDA^M]@DRVUM@RBM Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 02:06:15 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23612 Date: 2002-05-07T02:06:15+00:00 List-Id: "... it can be seen that there are two main problems with the development of software: the need to reuse software components as much as possible and the need to establish disciplined ways of working." Programming in Ada 95, 2nd edition, p.4, by John Barnes. Sounds to me as if Ada addresses the first of those and XP addresses the second, no?