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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c406e0c4a6eb74ed X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net.POSTED!01cc3b7c!not-for-mail Reply-To: "Richard Riehle" From: "Richard Riehle" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <49dc98cf.0408110556.18ae7df@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 09:44:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.81.219.195 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net 1093167846 66.81.219.195 (Sun, 22 Aug 2004 02:44:06 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 02:44:06 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2921 Date: 2004-08-22T09:44:06+00:00 List-Id: "fabio de francesco" wrote in message news:ba2f9c57.0408211523.389cf201@posting.google.com... > "Richard Riehle" wrote in message news:... > > "Kevin Cline" wrote in message > > news:e749549b.0408200838.43e841d@posting.google.com... > > > > Kevin, > > > > I have read your reasons for preferring C++ over Ada, > > and appreciate that you have looked at this matter > > with diligence and an honest sense of inquiry. Because > > of my confidence in the intelligent approach you took > > to reach your conclusions, I will not presume to persuade > > you to depart from your position. > > What intelligent approach? He (Kevin) was able(?) to demonstrate that > some of the most interesting and powerful features of Ada represent > its major faults. I think He simply doesn't understand how to use > those features for achieving the better results and for the clever > maintaining of programs. > It seems that, even when I am trying to be generous toward someone with a different point-of-view, a few on my side of the argument can still be offended by that very generosity. I am satisfied that Kevin has applied his own criteria with intelligence and and sincerity to reaching his conclusions. I don't share his conclusions, and given the same information, have come to a different viewpoint. My concession is not an admission of defeat in the argument. It is a recognition that intelligent people can reach different conclusions even after examining the same information. I am sorry you find fault with that. Richard Riehle