Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: problems/risks due to programming language
Message-ID: <1990Mar6.220849.6647@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <6960@internal.Apple.COM> <Ec.3251@cs.psu.edu> <259@eiffel.UUCP> <1990Mar1.172526.28683@utzoo.uucp> <4397@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> <1990Mar4.005122.14121@utzoo.uucp> <885@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 90 22:08:49 GMT

In article <885@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com> tat@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com (Tom Thackrey) writes:
> >... Incompetents should go somewhere where their
> >lack of talent will not be noticed, e.g. the local DoD contractor. :-)
> >(It's no accident that one big push for languages that try to legislate
> >competence comes from DoD...)
>Why is it necessary to slander some group or another to make a point?

Not necessary, just fun. :-)  Also verifiably true, I'm afraid, which is
generally considered adequate defence against charges of slander...
(This is not to say that there aren't some good software people working
for some DoD contractors, just that the average is very low.)

>BTW If they didn't notice why would they push ...?

Oh, they notice, but they keep signing contracts with the same people anyway.
They want a technical solution, not something simple and obvious like paying
enough to attract competent people and then refusing to buy from incompetents.
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