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- From: withrow@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Jim Withrow)
- Subject: Re: Tired of the Ada vs. (Pick your language) discussion
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- References: <BzCs15.B28@gdls.CSCTMD.COM> <1992Dec16.213258.23655@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:11:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.213258.23655@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com> lam@saifr00.cfsat.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 <BzCs15.B28@gdls.CSCTMD.COM> 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.
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