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From: Jerome Hugues <hugues@vautrin.enst.fr>
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Subject: Re: Working with incompetent adaists / unsafe typing war story
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:27:04 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <bbd1td.6ck.ln@hunter.axlog.fr>, Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote:
> Anonymous Coward a �crit :
>> [War story snipped]
>> Do you folks encounter this frequently?  And what's the solution?
>> Management can never appreciate the benefits of concepts like type
>> safety.  Strong typing is incorrectly viewed as "academic" and counter
>> to progress.
> 
> Ada was designed to induce a change in mentalities. A change in 
> mentality is much harder to introduce than a change of programming language.

<fun>
You can always cheat a little bit ;)

http://thedailywtf.com/forums/60255/ShowPost.aspx
"The Secret to Better C" 
</fun>

-- 
Jerome