Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!microsoft!jimad From: jimad@microsoft.UUCP (Jim ADCOCK) Newsgroups: comp.object Subject: Re: Re: Readability of C/C++ vs. Readability of Ada Message-ID: <72084@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 29 Apr 91 19:19:14 GMT References: Reply-To: jimad@microsoft.UUCP (Jim ADCOCK) Distribution: comp Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 8 |Jim Showalter writes: | Not really. The vast majority of work on software that goes on (like, | about 70%) is MAINTENANCE. This is often performed by underpaid, | underskilled, and overwhelmed junior programmers ... Seems to me this is like arguing that since the trim panels keep falling off of American cars, we ought attach them using big slotted screws, so that when they *do* fall off anyone with a big slotted screw driver can fix them.