Re: From extended Pascals to Ada 95 guide

[Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net>]

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David Starner wrote:

> On 28 Aug 2000 22:20:19 -0700, <nabbasi@pacbell.net.NOSPAM> wrote:
> >Well, generics are nice, but Java do not have them, and it seems
> >that half the world now program in Java. So, I do not think that Borland
> >delphi not having generics is such a big deal for most people.
>
> How I hate Java. I can't believe how all the programmers who would
> slam Pascal and Ada for "bondage and discipline" turn around and
> use this language that doesn't do procedural programming, doesn't
> do generic programming, and doesn't have goto's. The fact that Java
> doesn't have generics says more about Java then the value of generics.

But what it does have is:
a) Garbage Collection
b) Standardized Screen Drawing library  --  portable!
c) Standardized Print formatting library -- portable!
If it weren't for jGnat, then Ada would be impossible for many applications.
And that's still quite new.  I'm really hoping that it will develop into
something really smooth, but so far I haven't given it a thorough test.
(It's nice to see that the new edition of Gide supports it though.)  And it
(supposedly, I haven't tested!) allows seamless integration between Ada
native and jvm programs.  Even without that, at least one wouldn't need to
pay the overhead for using handles just because the abstract type wasn't
primitive.  But again, the public release version is 1.0, so if you are doing
commercial work, you had probably best purchase a support contract.

-- (c) Charles Hixson
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