Re: re-use and concurrency

[netcomsv!jls@apple.com (Jim Showalter)]

brossard@sic.epfl.ch (Alain Brossard EPFL-SIC/SII) writes:

[stuff aout Booch Components in Ada vs C++ deleted]

>To me it looks like Ada is losing big to C++...

Well, it seems rather simplistic to me to decide that one language
is inferior to another because it lacks inheritance. If it is
valid to seize on a single language feature as the sole basis for
comparison, why not beat up on C++ for lacking concurrency support?
Surely concurrency is as necessary to developing software as
inheritance? Or do you live in a world with only one thread?

Furthermore, there are all sorts of other things C++ lacks that
Ada has, none the least of which is a standard definition and
compiler validation. To ignore issues like this and focus exclusively
on inheritance does a disservice to those who are trying to wade through
the hype to make an informed language choice.
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