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From: "Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Embedded Keynote Speaker Mentions Ada
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I went to a seminar at the embedded systems conference in 95 and listened to
Dan Saks speak.  He was talking about the difference between object oriented
programming and structured programming.

He explained that with structured programming all variables and functions
are global and with object oriented programming functions and variables had
a well defined scope.

What a crock!

My conclusion: take anything you hear from Dan Saks with a grain of salt.

Steve
(The Duck)

"Jim Gurtner" <jgurtner@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Is this an Ada put down?
>
> Dan Saks said in a keynote speech at Embedded Systems Conference in
> Boston on Tuesday (Sept. 14):
>
> "In embedded programming, learning a less-popular language like Ada or
> Eiffel is critical not so much because it is a marketable skill but
> because it helps programmers see what is possible with more mainstream
> languages like C, C++ or Java."
>
> Full article at:
>
http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=CKYSLIP2YSM04QSNDBCSKHQ?articleID=47208416
>