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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to get Ada to ?cross the chasm?? Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 22:44:43 +0200 Organization: Also freenews.netfront.net; news.tornevall.net; news.eternal-september.org Message-ID: References: <1c73f159-eae4-4ae7-a348-03964b007197@googlegroups.com> <87k1su7nag.fsf@nightsong.com> <87po2la2qt.fsf@nightsong.com> <87in8buttb.fsf@jacob-sparre.dk> <3f7a7f76-c5eb-4cba-9051-6b5dfeeb906c@googlegroups.com> <88ae8672-543e-4943-b388-f92ab551198f@googlegroups.com> <5d07d21c-a726-4ebd-9644-c32d14eb0b08@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 20:44:44 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="81ed33047450411fd76696670ddbe5f1"; logging-data="23908"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18PFfihZl75Yyut3RjJmxKhSUmR2dq1uiI=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 In-Reply-To: <5d07d21c-a726-4ebd-9644-c32d14eb0b08@googlegroups.com> Content-Language: en-US Cancel-Lock: sha1:3aDcrLMBHxSHPS7Ax+HvxU0Ppp8= Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:52290 Date: 2018-05-11T22:44:43+02:00 List-Id: On 05/11/2018 10:19 PM, Warren wrote: > >> "2. Find an effective way to distinguish S/W engs from coders and prohibit coders from developing S/W." >> >> This is mind-bogglingly arrogant. > > I have to agree. This was taken out of context. In context, the person you are quoting is saying that listing the only 2 ways to get Ada to cross the chasm is arrogant. -- Jeff Carter "Since I strongly believe that overpopulation is by far the greatest problem in the world, this [Soylent Green] would be my only message movie." Charleton Heston 123