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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.129.77.85 with SMTP id a82mr15987714ywb.17.1437128368677; Fri, 17 Jul 2015 03:19:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.114.38 with SMTP id jd6mr227139igb.11.1437128368621; Fri, 17 Jul 2015 03:19:28 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!69no228244qgl.1!news-out.google.com!t2ni13222igk.0!nntp.google.com!qs7no6681842igc.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 03:19:28 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=112.203.230.68; posting-account=7jTbjwoAAADuqLe9GO_M9l_Emer5tqxR NNTP-Posting-Host: 112.203.230.68 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <084c0dc7-ae74-4cb8-b1fe-78f42de94291@googlegroups.com> Subject: Weakness of Ada is expensive / security / etc. ? Anything else? From: Trish Cayetano Injection-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:19:28 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Received-Bytes: 1729 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2459614391 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:26838 Date: 2015-07-17T03:19:28-07:00 List-Id: Hi, here is what I have noted as strengths and weaknesses of Ada. Let me know for any corrections and if you have anything to add... Thank you! Strength and weaknesses of the language Strength - Semantics - well defined even in error situations - Strong typing - can be used to reduce the scope (and cost) of analysis - Quality - successfully used in many high integrity applications Weaknesses - Ada complete language is too complex. True or False? If true, how? - Ada requires expensive compilers for large systems - Ada lacks that web presence greatly. comp.lang.ada is the only location on the internet with an active Ada community. - How is security a weakness? (Strength can be a weakness too?)