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,f868fe8fe0ec86c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-07 18:26:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!portc01.blue.aol.com!peerfeed.news.psi.net!filter.news.psi.net!reader.dist.news.psi.net!client!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B2029D3.26E2@synquiry.com> From: Jon S Anthony X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.6 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: smalltalk vs. Ada References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 21:26:43 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.151.18.1 X-Trace: client 991963578 38.151.18.1 (Thu, 07 Jun 2001 21:26:18 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 21:26:18 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8375 Date: 2001-06-07T21:26:43-04:00 List-Id: Rod Weston wrote: > > Still investigating OOP languages. I'm quite impressed with Ada, from > what I've seen and read so far, but now want to turn my attention to > smalltalk. Any ideas on how Ada and smalltalk compare? Are there any > other OOP languages worth looking at? Common Lisp and CLOS. In terms of sophistication, industrial strength, and unparalleled flexibility combined with high efficiency,nothing else available really matches it. BTW, I think both Ada and Smalltalk are worthy. /Jon -- Jon Anthony Synquiry Technologies, Ltd. Belmont, MA 02478, 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari