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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a50a3c40267219cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-15 11:27:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjcppf01.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!newsfeeder.randori.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why not combine Ada and C++? References: <9qf6og$a2l$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <0UFy7.18864$gT6.12020912@news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 18:27:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 1003170428 24.7.82.199 (Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:27:08 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:27:08 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14564 Date: 2001-10-15T18:27:08+00:00 List-Id: > 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? :(