Re: generics in Ada 83

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"Robert A Duff" <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote in message
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> The language designer in me wants to get the best of both.
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We have to be careful, I think, in comparing languages by citing
interesting features.   Taken as a whole, I still see the design of
Ada as more appropriate than C++ where reliability and
dependability are important.   A language that is prone
to springing little surprises on the programmer is not well-suited
to safety-critical software, regardless of little nicities of specific
features.

My analogy to strike-anywhere matches was intended to make
this point.   BTW, we can still buy these matches in some parts
of the country and they are really handy when one is camping.
It's just not a good idea to keep them around the house or near
children.

Ada is a little closer to the ideal of safety-matches.

Richard Riehle