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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Mike Roske Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because... Date: 1996/07/01 Message-ID: <31D7CFB5.15FB7483@mailgw.sanders.lockheed.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 163090730 references: <4q8fbo$701@red.interact.net.au> <31d5bbbb.161236846@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <4r573p$1sf@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Lockheed Sanders mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c x-mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4m) Date: 1996-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Fergus Henderson wrote: > > kdq@emoryi.jpl.nasa.gov (Kevin D. Quitt) writes: > > >C is better than Ada, because it doesn't pretend it knows more about > >programming than I do, and doesn't prevent me from doing those things that are > >upon rare occasion necessary. > > This is a very persistent rumour, but I have yet to see any evidence for it. > As far as I am aware, it's quite possible to do all those things you can > do in C in Ada too. > Ok, then here's a challenge. Point me at any compress/decompress package (a la Zip) written in Ada. I've been searching the world and come up empty. Even here in the comp.lang.ada group I was referred to C language implementations. Thanks in advance, Mike P.S. Someone who knows how to use the razor can give you a 2-day shave using it. Someone who only knows how to use a shaver (barely) might hit the right location. The key is in knowing how to build quality software, not in using a particular language... -- *-------------------------------------------------------* * Michael Roske * Sanders, A Lockheed Martin Company * mroske@mailgw.sanders.lockheed.com * (603) 885-9240 *-------------------------------------------------------* * "I'd rather be flying RC..." *-------------------------------------------------------*