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,FREEMAIL_FROM, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,24ac4e1c8cbfe3c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Nick Roberts" Subject: Re: histrionics Date: 1999/09/09 Message-ID: <37d74de9@eeyore.callnetuk.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 522832226 References: <37D670CE.855F96BD@interact.net.au> <37D678E4.9867000B@interact.net.au> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: da129d214.dialup.callnetuk.com X-Trace: 9 Sep 1999 07:04:25 GMT, da129d214.dialup.callnetuk.com X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Date: 1999-09-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Graeme, Have you introduced yourself to one of the 5GLs (Fifth Generation Languages: this is a loose classification)? I am keen on Prolog myself, but there is LISP, Haskell, ML (maybe;-) and quite a few others (some really obscure). You may find that using a higher-level language, such as Prolog, fits your 'application domain' better than Ada (but not necessarily). Ada may suit you very well if you need a fully compiled language (i.e. maximum speed), or if your software ends up being immensely big and complex, but I would guess these are both unlikely. Prolog and LISP are (generally) interactive languages; you might find this way of programming and working suits you better. They are, essentially, a little simpler than Ada, too. (Am I a traitor to Ada or what? :-) I guess further discussion should be by e-mail (CC Preben Randhol and Marin Condic) rather than in this newsgroup. ------------------------------------- Nick Roberts http://www.adapower.com/lab/adaos -------------------------------------