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: Gary Scott Subject: Re: From extended Pascals to Ada 95 guide Date: 2000/08/30 Message-ID: <39AD14C8.56546B67@lmtas.lmco.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 664339902 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <8o3s2a$9ph$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8o4bfq$v0h$1@slb7.atl.mindspring.net> <8obv01$7hu1@news.cis.okstate.edu> <39A991F3.A8D8BED7@easystreet.com> <8ofh6j$2anb@drn.newsguy.com> <8ofmi1$9282@news.cis.okstate.edu> <39ABD0D7.C4B1BD5@earthlink.net> X-Accept-Language: en,pdf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: LMTAS Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 2000-08-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: My company is now developing several projects using Java. The end product typically is not up to snuff from a usability standpoint. It is extremely slow and sluggish and the quality of the graphic rendering is typically below the native OS applications in visual quality. $0.02 Charles Hixson wrote: > > David Starner wrote: > > > On 28 Aug 2000 22:20:19 -0700, 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 > -- Addition of advertisements or hyperlinks to products specifically > prohibited