From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 17 Dec 92 21:11:56 GMT From: eagle!lims01.lerc.nasa.gov!withrow@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Jim Withrow) Subject: Re: Tired of the Ada vs. (Pick your language) discussion Message-ID: List-Id: In article <1992Dec16.213258.23655@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com> lam@saifr00.cfs at.honeywell.com (Josh Lam) writes: >From: lam@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Josh Lam) >Subject: Re: Tired of the Ada vs. (Pick your language) discussion >Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 21:32:58 GMT > >In article tarcea@gdls.CSCTMD.COM (Glenn Tarcea) writes: > > >Glenn> Can we please stay on the topic of discussing Ada, and Ada in >Glenn> real-world systems. All languages have their strengths and weaknesses >Glenn> and I am tired of hearing religous comparisons of why either Ada is >Glenn> better than language X or language X is better than Ada. Maybe a news >Glenn> group called comp.lang.religion should be started for these stupid >Glenn> discussions. I program in both 'C' and Ada and I can appreciate the >Glenn> strengths (and weaknesses) of each of the languages, I don't need >Glenn> somebody to give me their supposedly unbiased opinion on language >Glenn> greatness. > >I agree whole-heartly! > >Let's make more constructive use of this newsgroup. Also, its nice to see >champions of various languages eg Grady Booch and Bjarne Stroustrup working >and holding conferences together. Let's learn from them and be gracious. > >-- >Josh Lam >Honeywell Inc >lam@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com > It would be nice to see more discussions on using Ada, and less comparing it against ___ language. Some of us MUST use it, and although it may not be the language of choice, it still must be used.