Re: Why Ada is not the Commercial Lang of Choice

["Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <nospam@gsg.eds.com>]

John G. Volan wrote:
> 
> Joe's sort clings to a jaundiced opinion of Ada's capabilities, and is
> rarely swayed even by direct evidence to the contrary, because this
> jaundiced opinion is ever so comforting to them. I mean, if you've
> invested your world-view in the notion that Ada is inadequate, then of
> course you're not going to see any cost-benefit in presenting a concrete
> example demonstrating your world-view -- because, heaven forbid, someone
> might actually be able address your concrete example and show how your
> world-view is wrong!

Ada *is* inadequate; but so is C. I'd certainly prefer to use Ada than C
or
(shudder) COBOL, both of which I've been forced to use. Most of the
inadequacies in Ada apply in spades to C.

 
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                        Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
                        Senior Software SE

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