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_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6b6619eb9cada212 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin D. Condic" Subject: Re: Help me to chose between ADA 95 and C++ Date: 1999/12/13 Message-ID: <3855342F.3708FB7@quadruscorp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 560162099 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <01bf37fb$a91afb60$0564a8c0@IS-D2D04C.test> <829rbv$a8m$1@nntp6.atl.mindspring.net> <01bf3e32$0b9dc880$022a6282@dieppe> <385112AE.7E2CFA9@rdel.co.uk> Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Sender: "Marin D. Condic" (Unverified) X-Server-Date: 13 Dec 1999 17:59:07 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-12-13T17:59:07+00:00 List-Id: Chris Powell wrote: > I would not recommend Ada 95 for OO development. Okay, it has all the > benefits of Ada 83 for type safety, etc, but the syntax of its class > programming constructs seems to make the code long winded, obscure and > error prone. I can give examples if anyone is interested/disagrees. > On my web page I've been trying to collect examples of how something might be done in C++ with equivalent code in Ada95. (I've been a bit stalled in putting up new examples lately, but I intend to continue this as time permits.) You may want to look at some of those examples. I agree that the equivalent code in Ada is somewhat more verbose, but that isn't necessarily all bad. What C++ provides in terseness it takes away in clarity. IMHO, the Ada examples are easier to read and understand the effects of when compared to the C++ examples. Of course, the language you are most familiar with is always more clear than languages of lesser familiarity. But I would still contend that the syntax and semantics of equivalent Ada code has a clarity advantage. MDC -- ============================================================= Marin David Condic - Quadrus Corporation - 1.800.555.3393 1015-116 Atlantic Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 http://www.quadruscorp.com/ Visit my web site at: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin." -- Allan Meltzer, Economist =============================================================