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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fc6f9338f3a892fe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: controlnews3.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsrout1.ntli.net!news-in.ntli.net!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A couple of questions Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 11:56:42 +0200 Organization: AdaCL Message-ID: <13381428.W4rDGHFD7g@linux1.krischik.com> References: Reply-To: krischik@users.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1083405816 03 14084 nqiyGOh1qh2FKw 040501 10:03:36 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: S3cRMuZYweTQlaWmPMiEyEnIZV5uipFprRc3+McmTSiAgYs6lX6qQU User-Agent: KNode/0.7.7 Xref: controlnews3.google.com comp.lang.ada:161 Date: 2004-05-01T11:56:42+02:00 List-Id: Yeric wrote: > Were does ADA fit into, I notice that it prides itself on embedded > systems, does it have any other special areas apart from what I can see in > military domains, or is it a good all rounder? Ada is a general purpose Language. Basicly you can do everything with it. The main focus is secure (error free) programming - the language has been designed so that most errors are found at compile time. And for those bugs not found a compile time Ada checks at run time and throws exceptions. I find this very handy - For me the time spend with a debugger has been rededuced to less the 1/10th in comparison to C++. But unlike other "find the bug while compile" languages every dirty trick is still open to you. You just have to type long word like "Unchecked_Convertion" or "Unchecked_Access" and so on. With Regards Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net http://www.ada.krischik.com