From: tmoran@acm.org
Subject: Re: Why not combine Ada and C++?
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 18:27:08 GMT
Date: 2001-10-15T18:27:08+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0UFy7.18864$gT6.12020912@news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 9qf6og$a2l$1@trog.dera.gov.uk
> To sum it up, Ada feels "dictatorial" as a language, whereas C/C++ are
> "free". And even if Ada is a "good dictator" it is still a "dictator" and
I feel C is like my third grade teacher. She accepted anything I wrote
with praise and encouragment, and did her best to understand what the
heck I meant. Ada is more like fourth grade. She wanted writing
that is clear, unambiguous, and can be understood by any reader.
Another metaphor is that a C compiler is a relatively dumb tool, like a
hanger. You can hang your shirt on it, or you could bend it and use it
to roast marshmallows. An Ada compiler is like a gentleman's valet. He
will give you a shirt, but his real value is that he can suggest "that
shirt doesn't work with that outfit, you ought to try a different one"
when you didn't even notice there was a problem.
> A bit more psycology in program development/design
Where's the "human factors" research on what is good/bad for various
aspects of a programming languages? Where's the market research on
how to sell a programming language? :(
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2001-10-15 8:21 Why not combine Ada and C++? Mike Meng
2001-10-15 10:29 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-15 10:36 ` Robert*
2001-10-15 11:15 ` Stephen Cole
2001-10-15 12:06 ` The caselessness is one of the things I like best! Petter Fryklund
2001-10-15 12:21 ` Gerhard Häring
2001-10-15 12:48 ` UPPERCASE is the typgraphical equivalent of shouting ;-) Petter Fryklund
2001-10-15 12:54 ` The caselessness is one of the things I like best! James Rogers
2001-10-15 13:11 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-15 15:12 ` Arthur Evans Jr
2001-10-15 16:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-18 19:48 ` Simon Wright
2001-10-18 23:35 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-16 8:48 ` John English
2001-10-16 13:11 ` James Rogers
2001-10-16 18:10 ` tmoran
2001-10-17 8:53 ` Philip Anderson
2001-10-17 10:57 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-19 14:52 ` john mann
2001-10-15 15:13 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 17:00 ` tmoran
2001-10-15 17:29 ` Gerhard Häring
2001-10-15 17:38 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-15 18:01 ` Gerhard Häring
2001-10-15 19:04 ` David Starner
2001-10-15 18:15 ` David Starner
2001-10-15 17:35 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 18:18 ` Pascal Obry
2001-10-15 18:57 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 22:46 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-16 13:32 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-22 2:10 ` David Thompson
2001-10-15 13:03 ` Alfred Hilscher
2001-10-22 20:27 ` Kenneth Almquist
2001-10-15 14:39 ` Why not combine Ada and C++? Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 16:17 ` Alfred Hilscher
2001-10-15 16:35 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 20:15 ` Robert*
2001-10-15 21:27 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-15 22:50 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-18 19:53 ` Simon Wright
2001-10-21 5:54 ` AG
2001-10-24 14:48 ` A UNISYS story Petter Fryklund
2001-10-24 15:03 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-25 7:37 ` Petter Fryklund
2001-10-15 17:41 ` Why not combine Ada and C++? Stephen Cole
2001-10-15 18:27 ` tmoran [this message]
2001-10-15 20:24 ` Wes Groleau
2001-10-15 20:03 ` Wes Groleau
2001-10-15 18:42 ` Modern languages are case sensitive? Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-15 19:20 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-15 22:54 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-16 11:21 ` Dmitry Kazakov
2001-10-16 11:42 ` Robert Dewar
2001-10-16 13:16 ` Dale Stanbrough
2001-10-16 23:43 ` David Botton
2001-10-17 1:42 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-16 14:36 ` Arthur Evans Jr
2001-10-16 14:50 ` Chris Morgan
2001-10-16 15:18 ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-16 15:47 ` Wes Groleau
2001-10-16 16:48 ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-16 17:12 ` David Starner
2001-10-16 20:32 ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-16 21:37 ` David Starner
2001-10-17 8:39 ` Florian Weimer
2001-10-18 0:00 ` Will
2001-10-18 2:12 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-18 2:32 ` Darren New
2001-10-18 11:32 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-15 19:47 ` Why not combine Ada and C++? Wes Groleau
2001-10-23 5:39 ` Hyman Rosen
2001-10-23 6:11 ` Richard Riehle
2001-10-15 19:28 ` Baugereau
2001-10-15 20:05 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-16 7:38 ` Martin Dowie
2001-10-16 11:44 ` Pascal Obry
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2001-10-15 20:02 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-15 20:55 ` Adrian Knoth
2001-10-15 22:15 ` Eric Merritt
2001-10-15 22:42 ` tmoran
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2001-10-16 17:48 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-16 18:04 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-16 23:01 ` tmoran
2001-10-16 18:51 ` Marin David Condic
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2001-10-23 22:03 Beard, Frank
2001-10-23 23:13 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-24 0:02 Beard, Frank
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