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10/06/11 09:28
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 		 #184099 - All what you said, Jez, is about getting employed...
Responding to: ???'s previous message
... and not about getting work done.

Btw, this is one of the closing sentences in that Ganssle article:
Jack Ganssle said:
But it's time for the entire firmware community to either embrace a
restrictive dialect of the language, or to adopt an Ada-like lingo
that implicitly leads to correct code.


Jan

PS. The said edition of The Embedded Muse is already on-line at http://www.ganssle.com/tem/tem214.htm


List of 39 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Ganssle hates C            01/01/70 00:00      
   Wow!!            01/01/70 00:00      
      Should be an active developer to evolve            01/01/70 00:00      
   Better than C?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Just a tool            01/01/70 00:00      
         How about an electric saw?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Electric plane Vs hand plane            01/01/70 00:00      
   In the real world            01/01/70 00:00      
      Why not?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Because            01/01/70 00:00      
            don't blame me, but            01/01/70 00:00      
            All what you said, Jez, is about getting employed...            01/01/70 00:00      
               What nonsense!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Nah, but...            01/01/70 00:00      
               It is about getting work done            01/01/70 00:00      
                  A rather sharp tool            01/01/70 00:00      
                     That's what I've found!            01/01/70 00:00      
                        that's not 'C' only            01/01/70 00:00      
                           But 'C' is famous for that            01/01/70 00:00      
   OK he hates C            01/01/70 00:00      
      he thinks...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Jez - Did you actually read the article by Jack?            01/01/70 00:00      
   What Gansell needs to realise            01/01/70 00:00      
      Yes, but            01/01/70 00:00      
         Still a hammer            01/01/70 00:00      
            the tools and the crap            01/01/70 00:00      
               A bad workman blames his (or her) tools            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Learning to do stuff "properly"            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Sometimes it's not the tools, but the choice of tools.            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Or, to put it another way, Inappropriate tools            01/01/70 00:00      
                        or using HLL where ASM is a better choice            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Or choosing the wrong HLL            01/01/70 00:00      
                              That shouldn't surprise anyone            01/01/70 00:00      
                              quoting Ganssle...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           compolete sentence            01/01/70 00:00      
                              It's more than 5% where I sit            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 WOW, that seems a new attitude of yours            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    that doesn't mean that I'll use 'em ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   A Media Man            01/01/70 00:00      

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