dona@ncr-fc.FtCollins.NCR.com (Don Allingham) (03/15/90)
Ok. I've been wading though this trash for long enough. Let's try to put some reason into this garbage. To Mr. Wolfe: Just because someone is not writing in ADA, it does not mean that they are not writing responsible code. Nor does the fact that some UNIX programmers like to put cute messages in the man page mean that all C programmers don't care about bugs. Please don't do to comp.lang.c what you did to alt.cobol. We are here in comp.lang.c to discuss C, not to listen to rant and rave. To the Ada bashers: While I do not know ADA, I am sure that it has its place. No, it is probably not perfect. Neither is C, C++, FORTRAN, PASCAL, LISP, or Basic. Face it. Even with ANSI C, C is still not perfect. You can bash ADA all you want, but it will not go away. Accept ADA as another alternate language. Who knows, someday you may find it to be the best language for an application. Most (if not all) languages have their place. I would not write an operating system in COBOL, but then C is probably not the easiest language in the world to write a financial program. Pascal is supposed to be an educational language, and yes, several good commercial programs have been written in it (just ask Apple). Each language has its drawbacks. That does not mean that it is not any good. Where I work, we use many languages, including LISP, C, C++, Pascal, and FORTRAN. The code tends to be reliable not because of the language, but because of the process we use to check quality. Now please, take this discussion to alt.religion.computers and leave us to discuss C. -- Don Allingham NCR Microelectronics dona@FtCollins.NCR.com Ft. Collins, CO. uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!ncr-fc!bach!dona