Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:7170 comp.object:2965 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!igor!rutabaga!jls From: jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.object Subject: Re: CHALLENGE: typing and reusability (was: Re: blip) Message-ID: Date: 29 Mar 91 21:31:54 GMT References: <22032@yunexus.YorkU.CA> <11820:Mar1923:59:3591@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <19MAR91.22493670@uc780.umd.edu> <18271:Mar2013:19:1091@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991Mar20.214231.3411@neon.Stanford.EDU> <1991Mar22.210725.29448@neon.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@Rational.COM Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Lines: 14 >I do not >know Ada (and do not really want to), Why not? I've taken the trouble to at least gain some familiarity with Eiffel, and I've of course read Meyer's excellent book. I learned about C++. What--other than a combination of ignorance and prejudice--would cause you to dismiss out of hand a language that is really quite fine indeed? Growth stops when curiosity dies. -- ***** DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are my own, except in the realm of software engineering, in which case I've borrowed them from incredibly smart people.