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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.lang.ada:5785 comp.lang.c++:14310 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!jls From: jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: c++ vs ada results Message-ID: <1991Jun23.031410.8181@netcom.COM> Date: 23 Jun 91 03:14:10 GMT References: <1991Jun19.170047.25064@software.org> <1991Jun20.140836.24430@scrumpy@.bnr.ca> <1991Jun20.220947.23970@sctc.com> <4170@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services UNIX System {408 241-9760 guest} List-Id: >] What Ada gives me is the means to provide reasonable, enforceable, >]meaningful, interfaces. That's not available in any other widely >]distributed and available-for-software-engineering of real-problems. >What about Eiffel? I'm taking a wait-and-see attitude toward Eiffel, because, while it is a swell language definition, it also is still suffering from definitional volatility and from compiler immaturity. IS it widely distributed? I've heard otherwise. Do such tools as are available for it scale to real problems? I've heard otherwise (you might ask the folks at Cognos about that one!). Do I hope it succeeds? You bet!--it's a great design. I'm quite interested in any success stories you DO have for Eiffel, as well as information about availability, tool maturity, etc. I'm in the process of adding Modula-3 to my bag of tricks, and I should probably add Eiffel to round things out. -- *** LIMITLESS SOFTWARE, Inc: Jim Showalter, jls@netcom.com, (408) 243-0630 **** *Proven solutions to software problems. Consulting and training on all aspects* *of software development. Management/process/methodology. Architecture/design/* *reuse. Quality/productivity. Risk reduction. EFFECTIVE OO usage. Ada/C++. *