From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c0d427d5f4af20f8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1126617980.932226.320710@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1126703715.202970.293880@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1126711381.425805.248380@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: generics in Ada 83 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: <%WzYe.5724$6e1.1820@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.129.220.244 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1127402299 ST000 71.129.220.244 (Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:18:19 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:18:19 EDT Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: FKPGW^WETZSMB_DX]BCBNWX@RJ_XPDLMN@GZ_GYO^BTBTSUBYFWEAE[YJLYPIWKHTFCMZKVMB^[Z^DOBRVVMOSPFHNSYXVDIE@X\BUC@GTSX@DL^GKFFHQCCE\G[JJBMYDYIJCZM@AY]GNGPJD]YNNW\GSX^GSCKHA[]@CCB\[@LATPD\L@J\\PF]VR[QPJN Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:18:19 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5035 Date: 2005-09-22T15:18:19+00:00 List-Id: "Robert A Duff" wrote in message news:wcc3bnyni4a.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com... > > The language designer in me wants to get the best of both. > 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