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: 103376,325c54deb91283fd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-28 23:21:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!lnsnews.lns.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!ngpeer.news.aol.com!newsfeed1!bredband!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada in Iraq Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 06:21:49 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <1051282861.155019@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1051548320.145019@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1051562794.271242@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1051597309 16339 129.241.83.78 (29 Apr 2003 06:21:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 06:21:49 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36716 Date: 2003-04-29T06:21:49+00:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: > Preben Randhol wrote: > > Well, yes, that's my point. I'm in favor of having a deep understanding > of a language before I go off and build a large system with it. IMHO this is truer for C++ as it has so many quirks and bogs to stay clear of. C and C++ expect the programmer not to do any mistakes, which is not exactly what you may expect no matter how well the person is or how extensive his knowledge of the language is. > Probably so, but will it look anything like what an experienced > Ada practitioner would have done? Your point here being? My question is how many of the so called C++ programmers that are so readily available are able to program a big system in C++? -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/