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,e7151167e0767ecc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny01.POSTED!da342007!not-for-mail From: "stephane richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <8429999a.0408231027.2850e800@posting.google.com> <6530a40c.0408240309.36f53e75@posting.google.com> <8429999a.0408241225.144c0066@posting.google.com> <19b0e504.0408251305.73ed26c8@posting.google.com> <87brgxkbol.fsf@insalien.org> <19b0e504.0408280957.5e266d7@posting.google.com> <877jrjhzx4.fsf@insalien.org> <19b0e504.0408300906.15164bf3@posting.google.com> <19b0e504.0408310911.1e885c26@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Feasibility of using Ada in new development X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: <0Q2Zc.2443$TG.1908@trndny01> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:46:36 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.149.80.204 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trndny01 1093974396 141.149.80.204 (Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:46:36 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:46:36 EDT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3217 Date: 2004-08-31T17:46:36+00:00 List-Id: >IMO, Ada would be a more popular language if programmers were supplied >with great Ada development tools. This is especially true if one wants >to convert programmers from another language over to Ada. Programmers >currently developing code in C/C++ and Java (like me) have a very wide >selection of great tools (both free and commercial). It's hard to >justify moving to a programming language where the tools are much less >capable and harder to use than the ones with which most developers are >accustomed What about GPS 2.0.1? they sure seem to have added alot to that version (the currently publically available version of GPS is 1.4.2). I agree, because of the rest of the programming industry, today, a language is often deemed as good as it's IDE. It shouldn't be that way, but it usually is. What I like to say to that is. It doesn't matter how good the IDE is, it's still not as good as the programmer, hence you can induce errors you think aren't just as you can in C++, Delphi, Pascal, VB and the others. But only Ada will tell you that before it's too late rather than after it's on a client's machine and that's where Ada scores the big points, the errors it can detect that C/C++ won't even know is there, but Ada won't compile it until it's fixed. Try that with the other IDE's and Languages. Stephane Richard "Ada World" webmaster http://www.adaworld.com