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: 103376,54c513170bafd693 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Gautier Subject: Re: Desirability of C++ Date: 2000/05/01 Message-ID: <390D62E0.366B54CC@maths.unine.ch>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 617802550 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <01HW.B4BFC2820005B06B08A24140@news.pacbell.net> <20000204073443.24976.00001288@ng-ci1.aol.com> <87euk0$c93$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <01HW.B4C1346100072D2408A24140@news.pacbell.net> <949867976.281549@the-rowan.albatross.co.nz> <8766v93w66.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> <38E8C81A.AA62CF4C@HiWAAY.net> <7EA1B852F5D4D8C6.26EEE9181C80F0DF.0161EA2D9C353253@lp.airnews.net> <01HW.B51C1B6E00F41C2D04BB51B0@news.pacbell.net> <38F796B2.A99A206A@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <38F7A27A.4F7729FA@raytheon.com> <8eclae$afj$1@slb7.atl.mindspring.net> <4F706057FEE2A550.BF5FE19AE279EFCD.A55706B3F9D07043@lp.airnews.net> <8eiv08$820$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net> <390D001C.7433140B@netwood.net> <390D47A3.740E3FD1@online.no> <8ejij1$6ib$1@wanadoo.fr> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: 1 May 2000 12:56:33 +0100, mac13-32.unine.ch Organization: Maths - Uni =?iso-8859-1?Q?Neuch=E2tel?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Pascal Obry: > I agree with you that Ada is a very good first programming language. Here is > a paradox that has always puzzled me. A lot of peoples agree that: > > - Ada is very good first programming language > > - Ada is very good for high quality, safety critical, large scale softwares > > Why is there so little Ada projects in the middle ? * In the middle you find programs (OSes, Word processors,...) that are crippled by bugs, but that poeple accept to buy without warranty, and even rebuy with the same bugs, for years ! * For an employed programmer, "project finished" can mean "danger, prepare your CV" so it is better to facilitate the emergence and long life of bugs. * Psychology: a Fortran program will always look more scientific, a C/C++ more technical and less academic, and so on * Tradition: how many "What's this... ? Ada ?" "Why not just program in Fortran (C, COBOL,...) like your grandfather did ?" "Is there a compiler ?" "Oh that... it will never compile!" [a true one from numerics area - now they use GNAT :-)] and so on - with eyebrowes like that: "\/". (imho!) _____________________________________________ Gautier -- http://members.xoom.com/gdemont/