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Subject: Re: What is wrong with Ada?
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:59:27 GMT, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
>
>> Pascal Obry wrote:
>>> Jeffrey R. Carter a �crit :
>>> 
>>>> Nothing is wrong with Ada. It is a language for SW engineers. Since 98%
>>>> of SW developers are coders, not SW engineers, 98% prefer languages for
>>>> coders.
>>> 
>>> Agreed 100%. Another way to put it, let me ask : What's wrong with
>>> developers ? Why do they like unsafe languages ? Why do they like
>>> fighting a language all the time ? Why do they like unreadable code ?
>>> Why do they like to play with a debugger ? Why do they like to play
>>> Sherlock Holmes during hours to look for a bug ? Here are the real
>>> questions to me, again nothing wrong with Ada to me !
>> 
>> The answer is: because they're coders, not SW engineers.
>> 
>> Let's get circular.
>
> Let me break the circle:
>
> It is because SW engineering is not engineering. And that is because CS is
> not much science. It rather sways between applied mathematics and "stamp
> collecting."

Two completely unrealistic and untenable attitudes. Both of you.

Regards -- Markus