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: 103376,93a8020cc980d113 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s21.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What is wrong with Ada? References: <1176150704.130880.248080@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <461B52A6.20102@obry.net> In-Reply-To: <461B52A6.20102@obry.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.201.97.213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s21 1176220767 12.201.97.213 (Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:59:27 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:59:27 GMT Organization: AT&T ASP.att.net Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:59:27 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14873 Date: 2007-04-10T15:59:27+00:00 List-Id: 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. -- Jeff Carter "Run away! Run away!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail 58