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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: AW: Translating an embedded C algorithm
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:38:39 -0500
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Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.not.org> writes:

> Robert A Duff wrote:
>> "you dope, how dare you ask about Ada when you don't already know Ada".
>
> No. He got, "Are you qualified to write a book on real-time embedded SW
> development when you only know C?"

OK, I admit it -- I exaggerated a little.  ;-)

Still, IMHO a gentler approach would be more likely to get him to (1)
learn something about Ada and/or (2) put a small Ada example in his
book, thus tempting others to learn about it.

I'm sure you didn't mean to attack the guy, but questioning someones
competence could come across that way, don't you think?

- Bob