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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:15:59 -0700
From: Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
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On 7/16/2011 11:00 AM, lewbloch wrote:
> "MikeP" wrote:
>> Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>>> MikeP wrote:
>>>> Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>>>>> MikeP wrote:
>>>>>> Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>>>>>>> Write the application in Ada.
>>
>>>>>> But C# is very Java-like and has "checked" and also the
>>>>>> compiler-level equivalent, so C# would be the better alternative.
>>>>>> (And yes, I do know you were just kidding about Ada).
>>
>>>>> No, I was not really joking, though I did not attempt to find all
>>>>> the languages that would meet the stated requirement.
>>
>>>> Don't look now, but if you weren't joking, then you recommended Ada
>>>> to a Java programmer! Oh my.
>>
>>> Huh? Java, like any healthy programming language, is a tool, not a
>>> religion.
>>
>> Just like a dentist's drill and an oil well [sic] drill are tools?
>>
>
> Yes, exactly.  Both of those are tools, and neither of those are
> religions.

And it would be just as pointless to complain about the dental drill
taking too long to drill a thousand foot well as to complain about the
oil well drill being too big to fit in a patient's mouth. It's much
better to look at the job and pick the tool that is most suitable for it.

Patricia