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: 103376,27d18afb7e198c7f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: controlnews3.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: SlashDot reviews the SPARK book Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 15:47:10 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PVV Message-ID: References: <20619edc.0405201008.1742603e@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: k-085191.nt.ntnu.no X-Trace: orkan.itea.ntnu.no 1085154430 31764 129.241.85.191 (21 May 2004 15:47:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 15:47:10 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Xref: controlnews3.google.com comp.lang.ada:746 Date: 2004-05-21T15:47:10+00:00 List-Id: On 2004-05-20, Mike Silva wrote: > Mark Lorenzen wrote in message news:... >> rod.chapman@praxis-cs.co.uk (Rod Chapman) writes: >> >> > ...subject line says it all. This is actually Jack >> > Ganssle's review of the book, which was noted on c.l.a >> > back in December. Still...no such thing as bad publicity! :-) >> > All the best, >> > Rod, SPARK Team >> >> My previous posting apparently crossed yours. And yes, there probably >> is no such thing as bad publicity, but it is frustrating to read the >> comments on the /. message board. > > Yeah, so many like this one: "Now, is there a language to ensure that > your boss asks you to program the right thing?" > > Funny thing is, none of these people actually live their lives that > way -- deciding that no precautions or advantages are worthwhile, > since no precaution or advantage can cover every possible situation. Remember that many of them are teenagers and many are die hard C nut heads. -- Preben Randhol -------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ () "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" /\ - Isaac Asimov