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> From: User Name Organization: Tangible User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Date: 28 Aug 2004 10:45:14 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: DXC=ZWTOHg]BSW^g=nO4DTIhYT0R]m=BkYWIW:6bU3OT9S9ZV^XeI?Ik;I]LjhDjIjS^>Q=cPc3KY\kL] X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3117 Date: 2004-08-28T10:45:14-04:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus writes: > (For example, Robert Axelrodt (The Complexity of Cooperation, 1997, > Princeton University Press) ... quotes ... > But what will people who know these languages say about the > comments? That Robert Axelrodt is clearly an incompetent in this area and should not be taken seriously by anyone with even the slightest clue. It's telling that he uses "FORTRAN" and "LISP", neither of which is correct. Lisp hasn't been LISP for over 20 years. Also, in this sort of context simply using "Lisp" is bogus, as there is no language named Lisp. Actually, that's probably been true for over 20 years as well. And, ANSI standard Common Lisp, the primary Lisp language currently in use, is every bit an industrial strength general purpose programming language as the typically cited, yet far more pedestrian, C++, Java, etc. > "If a friend or coworker is available to answer questions about > Pascal, for example, pick Pascal..." This is so absolutely ridiculous as to evoke embarassment for the author. > "C++ was chosen as the foundation for the Java programming language" This is just nonsense and simply false. > "If you are fairly sure that you will be doing programming for some > time and want to start with a language that you can grow with, then > C or C++ is the best choice." Complete garbage. It may not even be the best advice at this point if you substitute "can make money with" for "can grow with". > http://pscs.physics.lsa.umich.edu/Software/ComplexCoop.html, Anyone who uses Pascal for GA is a complete idiot. /Jon -- 'jay' - a n t h o n y at romeo/november/charley com