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: 10261c,cfbb90c56a313e70 X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,cfbb90c56a313e70 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin D. Condic" Subject: Re: From extended Pascals to Ada 95 guide Date: 2000/08/28 Message-ID: <39AA6526.A33A4330@acm.org>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 663462122 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <8o3s2a$9ph$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8o4bfq$v0h$1@slb7.atl.mindspring.net> <39A655BE.18E89020@maths.unine.ch> <39A668AB.26F88375@maths.unine.ch> <39A6ABD9.634308AA@earthlink.net> <39AA2B85.F9A917E8@maths.unine.ch> Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Accept-Language: en X-Sender: "Marin D. Condic" <@mail.mindspring.com> (Unverified) X-Server-Date: 28 Aug 2000 13:12:39 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 2000-08-28T13:12:39+00:00 List-Id: Marco van de Voort wrote: > > When I had to design a new language, I would add it I think, because it > seems nice. But to change to another language (... ADA..) for it? Well, not just for that one feature. Just remember that if you like Pascal you'd likely feel very much at home with Ada. Ada is kind of like "Pascal++" in that the syntax is very much like Pascal's, but it cures certain ills that existed there and then added a *lot* more stuff to make the language much more powerful. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic - Quadrus Corporation - http://www.quadruscorp.com/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ q u a d r u s c o r p . c o m Visit my web site at: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Take away the punchbowl just when the party gets going" -- William McChesney Martin, Former Fed chairman, explaining what a sound central bank must always do. ======================================================================