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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: amd001@its.maynick.com.au (Andrew Dunstan) Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada? Date: 1997/04/10 Message-ID: <334d5454.0@news2.maynick.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 232190619 References: <5ih6i9$oct$1@waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu> Followup-To: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Organization: Mayne Nickless Ltd Information Technology Services Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-04-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Richard Krehbiel (rich@kastle.com) wrote: : kgoldin@galaxy.csc.calpoly.edu (Konstantin B. Goldin) writes: : > Hello, : > : > Is there any research out there, that, comparing c and ada, (or c++ and : > ada), gives advantage to the c side? : Here's a bit of research you can do yourself. : Can you go to the computer store and buy Microsoft Visual Ada 5.0? : Borland Turbo Ada? Watcom Ada 4.0? Can you find *anybody's* Ada : compiler at the local Comp USA store? No. What a facile argument. (Of course, I don't _have_ a local Comp USA store here in aus :-) In fact, I have seen the Walnut Creek Ada CD, including the superb Gnat compiler, in stores even here. And you can go out on your local internet and get Gnat FREE. Check out http://www.gnat.com/ I can't get a Rolls Royce at my local car dealer, but that doesn't make it worse than the Ford product :-) By all means let us debate merits, but not on this sort of ridiculous basis. In fact, people on comp.lang.ada are a bit tired of this sort of debate ... it is usually fruitless and generated more heat than light. cheers andrew -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- There's nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so - Hamlet http://www.gr-lakes.com/~andrew (including PGP key) PGP Key fingerprint = 5C 44 7D E4 76 A3 31 DE 3D 11 FA 15 4D 87 1F 5E -------------------------------------------------------------------------