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: 103376,61ca51fcfd50e9a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-23 01:44:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!news.eunet.no!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: GNAT Programming System 1.4.0 release Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:44:31 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PVV Message-ID: References: <1069351258.801696@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1069425730.240407@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1069440595.219148@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.241.83.78 X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1069580671 23233 129.241.83.78 (23 Nov 2003 09:44:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:44:31 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2869 Date: 2003-11-23T09:44:31+00:00 List-Id: On 2003-11-23, Hyman Rosen wrote: > Preben Randhol wrote: > > If the programmer is the user the result should be much better. > > No. There is a reason that people who are redesigning their homes > hire an interior decorator. Yea, they have too much money. > Users have a set of things that they want their environment to > contain. Arranging these things in an aesthetic and pleasing manner is > a job for a specialist. All those hall of shame designs were done by > programmers trying their best to fulfill a set of requirements. Who is the best equipped for designing the features of software for programmers? A software decorator who knows how to spell compiler, but not what it is? -- "Saving keystrokes is the job of the text editor, not the programming language."