* Ada versus C versus Pascal
@ 1985-07-10 15:22 Jukka Vanhala
1985-07-18 19:36 ` Gerald Radack
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From: Jukka Vanhala @ 1985-07-10 15:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
<sy|, sy|, kyll{ Matin massuun maitoa mahtuu>
Professor John H. Carson was quoted in Computer Design june -85.
He speaks about strong typing in different languages and says:
- C is a language for consenting adults
- Pascal is a language for children when you don't want
them to be naughty
- Ada is a language for criminals
Well, I would say it another way:
- Ada is a language for software engineers
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Tampere University of Technology, Finland | I know all about computers.
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* Re: Ada versus C versus Pascal
1985-07-10 15:22 Ada versus C versus Pascal Jukka Vanhala
@ 1985-07-18 19:36 ` Gerald Radack
1985-07-19 14:29 ` render
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From: Gerald Radack @ 1985-07-18 19:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <205@tut.UUCP> jv@tut.UUCP (Jukka Vanhala) writes:
>Professor John H. Carson was quoted in Computer Design june -85.
>He speaks about strong typing in different languages and says:
> - C is a language for consenting adults
> - Pascal is a language for children when you don't want
> them to be naughty
> - Ada is a language for criminals
>Well, I would say it another way:
> - Ada is a language for software engineers
Does this mean that software engineers are criminals?
gerry radack
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* Re: Ada versus C versus Pascal
1985-07-10 15:22 Ada versus C versus Pascal Jukka Vanhala
1985-07-18 19:36 ` Gerald Radack
@ 1985-07-19 14:29 ` render
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From: render @ 1985-07-19 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
Does this mean that you think that software engineers are criminals?
Though I must admit, my experience with Ada "compilers" (I use the word
loosely) leads me to believe that anyone who passes off one of these as
a valid translator for the language is a crook. Can you say "incomplete
implementation?" I knew you could.
Hal Render
University of Illinois
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render@uiuc.csnet render@uiuc.arpa
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* Re: Ada versus C versus Pascal
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@ 1985-07-25 10:23 ` Jukka Vanhala
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From: Jukka Vanhala @ 1985-07-25 10:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <uiucdcsb.20600005> render@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA writes:
>
> Does this mean that you think that software engineers are criminals?
> ...
> Hal Render
No. What I ment was, that an average software engineer is so smart
that he can do more harm with tricks he thinks are clever than
a criminal on purpose. With Ada's strong typing it's harder to do
these tricks. (And sorry, I forgot a few :-)s from the original posting).
Jukka Vanhala
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Tampere University of Technology, Finland | I know all about computers.
Computer Systems Laboratory | I saw a TV program about them once.
ASENTO (Ada Software ENgineering TOols) |
jv@tut.UUCP, ...!mcvax!tut!jv |
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