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=3.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.lang.ada:5743 comp.lang.c++:14258 From: chuck@brain.UUCP (Chuck Shotton) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: c++ vs ada results Date: Thu, 20 Jun 91 11:24:49 CDT Organization: BIAP Systems Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!buster!brain.UUCP!chuck Message-ID: <0D010010.63iouh@brain.UUCP> Reply-To: chuck@brain.UUCP X-Mailer: uAccess - Mac Release: 1.0.4a List-Id: In article <1991Jun20.140836.24430@scrumpy@.bnr.ca>, stevej@bnrmtl.bnr.ca (Steve Juneau) writes: > Was all this achievable because you used Ada, or can have be done with > any language? IMHO it can be done with any language. > Please spare us. Automata Theory 101 teaches us that a Finite State Automaton can solve any deterministic computing problem. Let's just toss programming languages altogether. The point is that Ada provides facilities in the language that support modular design, consistent implementation, and most of all support integration and test activities. Freed from the logistics of engineering and implementing a system, Ada developers can actually concentrate more on the task at hand instead of the mechanics of integrating a system. And, you CAN'T do that with just any language. As an aside, the religous wars (discussions) here over "my language is bigger than your language" really don't appear to come to any constructive end. Do they ever die down, or is the news group actually just a place for Ada weenies to beat their chests? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Shotton Internet: cshotton@girch1.med.uth.tmc.edu UUCP: ...!buster!brain!chuck "Your silly quote here." AppleLink: D1683 MacNet: shotton