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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-07 10:10:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.java,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:43:31 +0100 Organization: AdaCL Message-ID: <2269354.qoTsmeGumG@linux1.krischik.com> References: <8QNUb.21269$KV5.15480@nwrdny01.gnilink.net> <3wRUb.15405$IF1.15345@nwrdny03.gnilink.net> Reply-To: krischik@users.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1076177322 02 5000 A59-Gs7la5p7Paq 040207 18:08:42 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: VrTkeBZUgetVGBt-fRjze+ggGnkfsy0BGgPseHn0RBQ+NkyDF3rmov User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.c++:18002 comp.lang.c:20964 comp.lang.java:2748 comp.lang.ada:5316 Date: 2004-02-07T15:43:31+01:00 List-Id: Martijn Lievaart wrote: > On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 14:02:31 -0500, Jeff Schwab wrote: > I find that different languages fit different needs. The choice of > language is often dictated by how much experience one/the team has with > languages. I would never choose ada, simply because I don't know it at > all. Try to learn it. After 10 years of C and C++ I wanted someting new. I learned Ada and hey wow I wish I had done earlier. > To clarify that last remark, there may be languages that do generics > better (I don't know them, but they are bound to exist), Well then let me enlighten you: Ada generics are better. I could explain it to you but it would be a rather large Article and I am unshure if anybody is truly interested. > but those are not > mainstream. Well Boing, Airbus, NASA - your are right, not Mainstream. With Regards Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net http://www.ada.krischik.com