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,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-26 18:49:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!enews.sgi.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of References: <3B84A62E.D38F5709@adaworks.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 01:49:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 998876953 24.7.82.199 (Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:49:13 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:49:13 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12442 Date: 2001-08-27T01:49:13+00:00 List-Id: >On the positive side, some of those who have made the decision to migrate to C++ >made that decision without fully understanding its implications. Once they discover >how hideous C++ is, they back off and decide to use Java. The thought of returning >to Ada is simply too repugnant to them. It's one thing to announce there's an even better solution than the one you originally proposed. It's another to admit your original idea stunk.