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: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a498aa1404ef5d87 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: Jay Martin Subject: Re: Why C++ is successful Date: 1998/08/01 Message-ID: <35C371D1.2E42A046@earthlink.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 377039843 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <35AE4621.2EBC7F6A@eiffel.com> <6p83vj$657$1@news.intellistor.com> <35B79E7D.6068DCDF@eiffel.com> <6pg7fg$qhi$1@news.interlog.com> <901533851.20058.0.nnrp-04.9e980ba3@news.demon.co.uk> <35be2a94.57352308@netnews.msn.com> <6plvgl$eaf$1@news-1.news.gte.net> <35bebe5f.95187031@netnews.msn.com> <6pn9af$hqd$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> <35BF49E8.136D75C2@earthling.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc. Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Charles Hixson wrote: > > But what Ada REALLY needs is a good garbage collection mechanism. And > saying "Do it by hand" doesn't qualify as good! Actually, I am pretty sure Ada83 that was supposed to have garbage collection in non-embedded environments as there were official features to turn "automatic storage reclaimation" off. Unfortunately, it wasn't a hard implementation requirement and in the DOD world of $5000 toilet seats.... This is another example of DOD mismanagement of Ada and its sad to admit in retrospect that the Ada scoffers were right (DOD and competent language management do not mix). Russia leaving the cold war business didn't help Ada either. Oh well, the time to get on the Ada bandwagon was 15 years ago. Jay