From: Duke Normandin on
On 2010-05-23, Bruno Le Hyaric <bruno.lehyaric(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Can I animate the debate with one opensource examples of Ada/Spark
> usage from the NSA :
> http://www.adacore.com/home/products/sparkpro/tokeneer/
>
> Even if I did't have the time to review the whole project, it seems to
> be a very good demonstration
> of Ada/Spark usage with code generation, formal verification with Z
> notation and cost effectiveness!
>
> By the way, in my opininon, any computer language is not really
> important, and should not be in the future...
> only the deep understanding of concepts manipulated throw languages
> are important. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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I'm not following what you mean with this phrase?

> So, choose one procedural language, one object oriented, one
> functional, one formal...and so on... then learn them all!
> Next you have to choose the right language to answer the problem
> right.

The right tool for the job, etc etc

> To finish, Ada is not bad, but I wouldn't base my professional career
> on it.

I don't suppose that there are too many Ada shops around anymore. A bit like
COBOL that way. ;)

> One question, why did Lockheed Martin choose C++ for avionics software
> on the JSF aircraft project?

Because they're all a bunch of masochists? They're looking for a major FU
down the road? Who knows?
--
Duke
*** Tolerance becomes a crime, when applied to evil [Thomas Mann] ***

From: (see below) on
On 23/05/2010 14:26, in article 22aKn.4575$Z6.3399(a)edtnps82, "Duke
Normandin" <dukeofperl(a)ml1.net> wrote:

> On 2010-05-23, Yannick Duch�ne <yannick_duchene(a)yahoo.fr> wrote:
>> Le Fri, 21 May 2010 00:58:26 +0200, Duke Normandin <dukeofperl(a)ml1.net> a
>> �crit:
>>> Ada continues to attract me; but so does Miranda ( and Giselle and Sophie
>>> ...) ;)
>> These are two very different paths. Miranda would be more close to what
>> are ?domain specific languages?... well, not exactly, but close.
>>
>
> Domain-specific? How so? Because it's a functional language, and therefore
> only good for .....

Not much at all.

--
Bill Findlay
<surname><forename> chez blueyonder.co.uk


From: Duke Normandin on
On 2010-05-23, (see below) <yaldnif.w(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On 23/05/2010 14:26, in article 22aKn.4575$Z6.3399(a)edtnps82, "Duke
> Normandin" <dukeofperl(a)ml1.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2010-05-23, Yannick Duch�ne <yannick_duchene(a)yahoo.fr> wrote:
>>> Le Fri, 21 May 2010 00:58:26 +0200, Duke Normandin <dukeofperl(a)ml1.net> a
>>> �crit:
>>>> Ada continues to attract me; but so does Miranda ( and Giselle and Sophie
>>>> ...) ;)
>>> These are two very different paths. Miranda would be more close to what
>>> are ?domain specific languages?... well, not exactly, but close.
>>>
>>
>> Domain-specific? How so? Because it's a functional language, and therefore
>> only good for .....
>
> Not much at all.
>

Yeah, right! Whatever... ;)
--
Duke
*** Tolerance becomes a crime, when applied to evil [Thomas Mann] ***

From: (see below) on
On 23/05/2010 20:10, in article g4fKn.4602$Z6.1681(a)edtnps82, "Duke
Normandin" <dukeofperl(a)ml1.net> wrote:

> On 2010-05-23, (see below) <yaldnif.w(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 23/05/2010 14:26, in article 22aKn.4575$Z6.3399(a)edtnps82, "Duke
>> Normandin" <dukeofperl(a)ml1.net> wrote:
>>> Domain-specific? How so? Because it's a functional language, and therefore
>>> only good for .....
>>
>> Not much at all.
>>
>
> Yeah, right! Whatever... ;)

Tsk.
Someone of our advanced years really shouldn't
be caught dead \/\/hatevering. 8-)

--
Bill Findlay
<surname><forename> chez blueyonder.co.uk


From: Duke Normandin on
On 2010-05-23, (see below) <yaldnif.w(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On 23/05/2010 20:10, in article g4fKn.4602$Z6.1681(a)edtnps82, "Duke
> Normandin" <dukeofperl(a)ml1.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2010-05-23, (see below) <yaldnif.w(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 23/05/2010 14:26, in article 22aKn.4575$Z6.3399(a)edtnps82, "Duke
>>> Normandin" <dukeofperl(a)ml1.net> wrote:
>>>> Domain-specific? How so? Because it's a functional language, and therefore
>>>> only good for .....
>>>
>>> Not much at all.
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, right! Whatever... ;)
>
> Tsk.
> Someone of our advanced years really shouldn't
> be caught dead \/\/hatevering. 8-)
>

Advanced Years!! \/\/haaaatEVER! ;)

Miranda doesn't think so.. :D
--
Duke
*** Tolerance becomes a crime, when applied to evil [Thomas Mann] ***