From: Wes Groleau <wwgrol@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>
Subject: Re: C vs. Ada - strings
Date: 2000/05/03
Date: 2000-05-03T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3910642C.19587F27@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wccg0s066nn.fsf@world.std.com
> > > In fact, C-style strings are quite primitive, and quite painful to work
> > > with, even compared to Ada 83 strings.
> >
> > Two offices adjoining mine are occupied by persons
> > fond of saying "Ada strings suck" Much as I prefer
> > Ada in general, if it weren't for the Ada 95 string
> > packages, I'd have to agree with them on this point.
>
> But surely not as compared to C! If you say Ada strings suck compared
> to, say, Java or Smalltalk or Common Lisp, I could agree. But C strings
> are far worse than Ada strings in pretty much every regard. Even just
> Ada 83!
Perhaps one needs to clarify "C strings are ... painful to work with."
I agree. BUT, as clumsy as the C string functions are, at least they
existed. Ada 83 had NO standard string handling features.
--
Wes Groleau
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau
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2000-05-02 0:00 C vs. Ada - strings Wes Groleau
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-05-06 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Wes Groleau [this message]
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-06 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-06 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-05-18 0:00 ` Pete
2000-05-18 0:00 ` dale
2000-05-18 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-19 0:00 ` dale
2000-05-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-22 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-05-24 0:00 ` 'img Peter Hermann
2000-05-24 0:00 ` 'img Robert Dewar
2000-05-24 0:00 ` 'img Ted Dennison
2000-05-25 0:00 ` 'img Peter Hermann
2000-05-25 0:00 ` 'img Keith Thompson
2000-05-25 0:00 ` 'img Ted Dennison
2000-05-26 0:00 ` 'img dmitry
2000-05-26 0:00 ` 'img Robert Dewar
2000-05-26 0:00 ` 'img Brian Rogoff
2000-05-26 0:00 ` 'img Robert Dewar
2000-05-25 0:00 ` 'img Robert Dewar
2000-05-19 0:00 ` C vs. Ada - strings Geoff Bull
2000-05-19 0:00 ` mike
2000-05-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-06-03 0:00 ` Pete
2000-06-03 0:00 ` Java vs. Ada - strings (was: C vs. Ada - strings) Ted Dennison
2000-06-04 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-06-04 0:00 ` Pete
2000-06-04 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-06-04 0:00 ` Pete
2000-06-05 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-06-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-06-05 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-06-05 0:00 ` David Botton
2000-06-05 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-06-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-06-06 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-06-06 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-06-03 0:00 ` C vs. Ada - strings Ken Garlington
2000-06-03 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-06-04 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-06-04 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
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