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: 103376,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: "Theodore E. Dennison" Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because... Date: 1996/07/24 Message-ID: <31F613F3.2781E494@escmail.orl.mmc.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 169913145 references: <31daad10.57288085@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <31ebfbd7.330061022@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <31EE19D1.6977@lfwc.lockheed.com> <31efe069.63062188@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <4sopkp$dao@itfhps00.itf.hcsd.ca> <31f3c396.238311543@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <01bb78b1$28455ec0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Lockheed Martin Information Systems mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c x-mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) Date: 1996-07-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Tim Behrendsen wrote: > > My personal preference is for small nuts-and-bolts languages, anyway. > Ada always seemed too "kitchen sink" for my tastes. Mine is for languages that are the least error prone, and the easiest to track down bugs in. That way, I get to spend my evenings at home with my family. > My question is this, and I really don't mean this snidely: If Ada is so > good, why are the only companies that use it are the ones that deal with > the government, which make them use it? Ada has had plenty of time to > develop the infrastructure that C has developed, so it can't be a "I > don't want to be first" mentality on the part of industry. You have a good point. Unfortunately, your premise is wrong. Ada is in extensive use outside of the Government. In fact it is the language of choice wherever a software failure is liable to cause loss of life or a very large lawsuit. -- T.E.D. | Work - mailto:dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com | | Home - mailto:dennison@iag.net | | URL - http://www.iag.net/~dennison |