Journal Chacham's Journal: Quote: An average developer in Ada was...in C was... 7
A quote from this blog entry.
an average developer in Ada was a productive member of the project, an average developer in C was a complete liability.
Interesting.
A quote from this blog entry.
an average developer in Ada was a productive member of the project, an average developer in C was a complete liability.
Interesting.
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Ada sounds great, for what it's used for. And also for one thing it's not: Voting machine software should be written it -- it would be worth the expense, to do it once, and "prove it correct".
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Thanx for the comment.
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For an average programmer, this can be a major liability- pointer math is not for the faint of heart or the beginner, and if you can't "see" the heap in your mind it's darn easy to overwrite something importa
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Thanx for the comments.
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So where is the manager saying "cut the cute crap"?
Where are the unit tests that bludgeon the 3rd-party library to shake out the "cute crap"?
Arguing against C is like arguing against any tool; it's really the user for the most part, no?
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And for me- I like the cute crap, and would want somebody on my team who can do the cute crap correctly.
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