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From: Gautier.DeMontmollin@maths.unine.ch
Subject: Re: Is there a language that Dijkstra liked? (was: Re: Software
 landmines (loops))
Date: 1998/10/23
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Date: 1998-10-23T00:00:00+00:00
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pluto1@choice.net (Brian Mueller) writes:

[much snipped]
> Well, it's 1998, I'm in C.S. 101 at the University of Cincinnati, RWC
> and we're learning how to badly code ADA (i.e. forget about code
> errors, concentrate on "design documents")
> 
> Wish they would just teach me C, teach me GOOD C, teach me GREAT C,
> teach my how not to screw up C so I could write anything.  Anyone
> wonder why the object ADA compiler and GUI program is written in C?
> Because with a bit of extra work FASTER programs can be written in C
> that do the same thing that ADA will do.

It won't be "a bit", unless you are a super-human, never distracted...

For the "FASTER" it depend on the compiler. Maybe it's true for Object Ada.
Try to compare C code with equivalent Ada code having Inline pragmas at the
right places, compiled by GNAT with options like "-O2 -gnatpn"...

For learning GREAT C, surf the Net! You'll find _plenty_ of portable,
memory-model independant, readable C code, with clear, simple headers
structured like Ada specifications...

-- 
Gautier