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,c406e0c4a6eb74ed X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!feed3.news.rcn.net!not-for-mail Sender: jsa@rigel.goldenthreadtech.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request References: <49dc98cf.0408110556.18ae7df@posting.google.com> <413e2fbd$0$30586$626a14ce@news.free.fr> <4140b5cc$0$17701$626a14ce@news.free.fr> From: jayessay Organization: Tangible Date: 12 Sep 2004 12:33:25 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: DXC=bK4A8hS1?[:aL?CNAQP>B30R]m=BkYWI7:6bU3OT9S9:\2Yl5Mm9A91^aM2i8keRm=7]JVUZ::bn0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3625 Date: 2004-09-12T12:33:25-04:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus writes: > Kevin Cline wrote: > > : Explicit static typing ala Ada and C++ definitely has a cost, > > Yes. (And you get something in return, too?) In most domains, the answer is "not much". The cost is _way_ more than the ROI. > : because it makes the code longer, > > Sometimes I prefer a few explicit words to brevity when brevity would > hide things away. > > : and also makes it more brittle. > > Hm. Brittle? Your example could be a design issue. In Ada you could have > written Open your mind a bit more - don't concentrate on the particular example and think about what it would mean to have the sort of flexibility to track changing requirements (indeed to realize new requirements) that Kevin is talking about. /Jon -- 'j' - a n t h o n y at romeo/charley/november com