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: 103376,971aa11c293c3db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-23 19:13:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc2.on.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B5CD9DB.1206F7BF@home.com> From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada The Best Language? References: <5be89e2f.0107170838.c71ad61@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 02:13:48 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.141.193.224 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc2.on.home.com 995940828 24.141.193.224 (Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:13:48 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:13:48 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10490 Date: 2001-07-24T02:13:48+00:00 List-Id: Mark Lundquist wrote: > "codesavvy" wrote in message > news:5be89e2f.0107170838.c71ad61@posting.google.com... ...snip... > > I think many who > > share the view that Ada is the best programming language offering > > significant advantages over other programming language might want to > > re-think their positions. > > OK, I think Ada's the best, but I'm willing to re-think my position. But > since it's a thoughtfully held position in the first place, I will probably > need some help -- are you willing to provide it? > > -- mark You'll have to give me something other than C++. C/C++ -- been there, done that. It won't go the distance towards quality. C/C++ was important for reasons other than quality. But those reasons are now becoming less relevant with other choices emerging. There is now a much greater concern for quality.. which is causing many to look for better answers. This is a good thing, and long overdue for many ;-) -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://members.home.net/ve3wwg