Re: Script-like jobs in Ada (ideas for HAC)

[mockturtle <framefritti@gmail.com>]

On Friday, April 24, 2020 at 9:45:34 PM UTC+2, gautier...@hotmail.com wrote:
> It's a poll - sort of.
> 
> The question is: what kind of jobs do you prefer let a scripting language do and not Ada?
> 
>

The threshold is fuzzy, but usually I go with a script if 

* I need to interact heavily with the system (e.g., moving files, directories, ...)

* I can do everything with basic shell commands.  For example, if I need to do some math like matrix algebra I do not use a script (not entirely true...  Once I did this by calling octave from the script and piping into it the required computations...  I would not advise it, though...)

* It is something quite simple and/or I need it "fast and dirty" (e.g., to do something to lots of files, but a "something" that I will not need in the future) so that the maintenance advantage that Ada gives you has not much impact. 

Sometimes in the gray area of problems too complex for a bash script, but not enough to justify the investment of initial  effort required by Ada, I go with Ruby  that is, IMHO, a fair compromise.