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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a8985ede8fe3d111 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-05 16:42:16 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!not-for-mail From: dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada compared to C++ Date: 5 Oct 1994 14:55:14 -0500 Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 684 5969 Message-ID: <36v0b2$gjq@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> References: <36msgr$qq2@starbase.neosoft.com> <1994Oct5.091826@di.epfl.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com Date: 1994-10-05T14:55:14-05:00 List-Id: In article <1994Oct5.091826@di.epfl.ch>, Magnus Kempe wrote: >To understand and answer a comparison of two languages, one is expected >to at least know both. I recommend that C++-fans learn about Ada, in >order to support their judgment, and also that Ada-fans learn about C++. >The best way to learn about a programming language is to read some books >about it, as well as to write some code. For Ada, the Ada WWW Server >contains a list of references put together by Mike Feldman (URL >http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/ see the section on Books and Articles). Just to maintain balance, I recommend Bjarne Stroustrup's "The Design and Evolution of C++" and either the C++ Annotated Reference Manual or Bjarne's "The C++ Programming Language, second edition". These are all good books for C++ people. Most folks will find the GNU C++ compiler (g++) will be more than sufficient to learn about it. In any case, our goal is to behave with reason and to freely talk about the differences. It's certainly incumbent upon everybody engaging in this thread to have a reasonable amount of experience with both languages. -- Proud (and vocal) member of Team Ada! (and Team OS/2) ||This is not your Ada -- Very Cool. Doesn't Suck. || father's Ada For all sorts of interesting Ada tidbits, run the command: ||________________ "finger dweller@starbase.neosoft.com | more" (or e-mail with "finger" as subj.) ObNitPick: Spelling Ada as ADA is like spelling C++ as CPLUSPLUS. :-)