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-Thread: 103376,4feb499c05063194 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!proxad.net!proxad.net!213.253.16.105.MISMATCH!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!news.clara.net!wagner.news.clara.net!194.159.246.34.MISMATCH!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Artistically creative expression has no role in software design Date: 23 Jul 2004 22:04:16 +0100 Organization: Pushface Sender: simon@smaug.pushface.org Message-ID: References: <2m2j9gFhf4cpU1@uni-berlin.de> <2037155.DSSJocQ4yI@linux1.krischik.com> <46b8b50a.0407230000.3928498c@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1090616968 18854 62.49.19.209 (23 Jul 2004 21:09:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:09:28 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2360 Date: 2004-07-23T22:04:16+01:00 List-Id: rolf.ebert_nospam_@gmx.net (Rolf Ebert) writes: > As for the action language that Simon mentions, all real life models > that I know use the target language as action language. That is, > you program in Ada (or mostly in C++, C, or Java) within an activity > or at the state transitions. This is possibly (well, certainly I guess) where the mass market is, but I assure you that there are real-world examples where this is not true -- a graphics console for a command system and a torpedo near me, also see http://www.projtech.com/ and http://www.kc.com/ -- Simon Wright 100% Ada, no bugs.