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: 103376,936b98ceff0d9f3e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-04 05:34:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: One language environment don't have future Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:34:55 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1044365695 3380 129.241.83.78 (4 Feb 2003 13:34:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:34:55 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33764 Date: 2003-02-04T13:34:55+00:00 List-Id: Beard, Frank Randolph CIV wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Preben Randhol [mailto:randhol+news@pvv.org] > >> Besides how will your VB programmer be able to change a part of a >> project written in C++/Ada/whatever unless he also learns this language? > > This is an interesting point that I meant to comment on. It leads to > multiple points of failure. The project would have to be modularized. > But this would only compartmentalize the failure point. If you lost > your expert in any area, there would definitely be down time, learning > curves, etc. > > We have this problem on our current project. It was built with Ada, > Delphi, and C++. Another related system used to build messages to send > to it, was built using M$ VB. To maintain it, you need someone who knows > each language fairly well. Otherwise, you could end up with kludged > updates in the future. And if memory serves me well this was the (or at least one) initial concern that sparked the development of Ada :-) -- Preben Randhol ---------------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent", Isaac Asimov