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From: gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com (Gautier)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc
Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate,
 and why it collapsed and died)
Date: 7 May 2003 22:14:21 -0700
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softeng3456@netscape.net (soft-eng):

[Ada attributes]

> Yes, Ada extended Pascal very strongly in this regards,
> without any particular consideration of how useful
> these extensions would actually turn out to be.

[other Ada attributes]

> Like I said, Ada has amazing amounts of itsy-bitsy stuff.
> Now which of these features, if missing, would take you
> more than a minor effort to provide yourself?  If and
> when necessary, rather than present by default all the time?

If I had to reproduce them each time I use them, it would sum
up to a lot of time... and there are more interesting to do
in life than reprogramming them.

No, you are right. Back to the roots. Hey, there are more.
Are these fluffy gadgets like the "for" or "while" loops really
useful ? Of course not, it is better with IF's good ol' GOTO's.
And these "case", "else". For novice youngsters who didn't
even see a true punched card. They should use their "hard drives"
only for downloading music or so what. Long life to PDP-11 !
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