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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5b3c19b1631bb558 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-02 14:00:22 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!bignews.mediaways.net!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!oleane.net!oleane!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3A01E3ED.6E90FC6@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The best thing/greatest feature summary References: <39DCB9E3.EAE8F426@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <39F9FCCE.D6719C6F@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <1c9kvs4uvj4ofd46f7a8vq0pju596iu2gr@4ax.com> <39fed7b6@rsl2.rslnet.net> <39FF1DBD.74184FDC@worldnet.att.net> <39ff792d@rsl2.rslnet.net> <39FF8DE3.EC0055B5@worldnet.att.net> <3A00375E.19433DC0@worldnet.att.net> <3a00924a$1@rsl2.rslnet.net> <1b1M5.747$0M1.56645@nnrp3.sbc.net> <3A00ABEE.C563EBBA@worldnet.att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 17:00:13 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 973202416 151.168.144.162 (Thu, 02 Nov 2000 17:00:16 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 17:00:16 EST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1732 Date: 2000-11-02T17:00:13-05:00 List-Id: > > As a proponent of Ada and a friend of Java, let me say that IMHO it is > > not the ease of use of the Java predefined environment that makes > > people happy. (I assume you mean both that and the APIs that are > > continually being added.) The language itself is rather underpowered; > > hence the environment and the APIs are less than they could otherwise > > be. Rather, it is the *extent* of these APIs that makes the > > difference. That, and the fact that the code looks like C. > I have to agree with Pat here. The language defined one other feature > supporting a large and evolving list of APIs. That is the Javadoc tool. > This tool allows decent (not great) documentation of Java APIs in a > consistent HTML format from comments in the Java code. By being being disciplined enough to add comments in a specific format and running a special tool, one can generate documentation that is potential equal to, and if you really work at it, even better than a well-written Ada specification is without comments. Not a selling point in my book. This thread sure forgot about comparing Eiffel and Ada rather quickly. -- Wes Groleau for President of the U.S.A. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau