tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699828515576400912.post1947532419080431324..comments2023-10-28T15:16:04.263+03:00Comments on code @ work: Who Killed the Software Engineer?John Torjohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17969533343197027125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699828515576400912.post-33346312825075063762008-01-30T19:36:00.000+02:002008-01-30T19:36:00.000+02:00Indeed so about Ada ;) The main point was against ...Indeed so about Ada ;) The main point was against Java, and I'm down with that :)<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>JohnJohn Torjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17969533343197027125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699828515576400912.post-28095982212824013992008-01-30T19:33:00.000+02:002008-01-30T19:33:00.000+02:00I agree with the first article, having suffered th...I agree with the first article, having suffered through hiring fresh-outs who only know Java.<BR/><BR/>I have to respectfully disagree about Ada being "the language of software engineering par excellence", though.<BR/><BR/>Show me commercial software written in Ada, and I might change my mind, but I'm fairly certain it's only people doing government/military work who use Ada, and then only because they have to.<BR/><BR/>I would add that you also need to learn a little about something outside the mainstream: Ruby, perl, Python, and F# come to mind.I, Robothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627810939954460851noreply@blogger.com