Re: An Ada Advice Inquiry

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On 6 May 2007 03:47:39 -0700, Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> On 6 Maj, 07:00, <adawo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> we continue to see people making
>> decisions in favor of inferior languages such as C++.
> 
> Of course, and don't expect it to change anytime soon.
> 
> There is one thing that I miss in this discussion. You asked for
> "advice" on comp.lang.ada. What "answer" do you expect *here*?
> It's just about the same useful as asking on comp.lang.perl whether it
> makes sense to start a new project in Perl. Go and try.
> 
> If your (or your friend's) list of choices is Ada and C++, then for a
> reasonably non-biased set of answers you should probably also ask on
> comp.lang.c++.moderated and then build your advices on a union of what
> you get from both camps.

Risking to appear cynical ... probably, a choice has been made, and one is
looking for a justification of the choice? In that case it would be silly
to search for counter arguments? I wouldn't expect that from people
choosing C++. After all, how else, could it become so popular? So, why Ada
people should? (:-))

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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