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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-31 17:01:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B6746BA.53CFC2AD@gsde.hou.us.ray.com> From: "Stanley R. Allen" Reply-To: Stanley_R_Allen-NR@Raytheon.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-2.14.10smp i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:00:58 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.27.47.75 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 996624058 192.27.47.75 (Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:00:58 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:00:58 CDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10900 Date: 2001-07-31T19:00:58-05:00 List-Id: Russ wrote: > > The Ada programming language is based on an excellent fundamental > design, but it is much less popular than it could be because it has an > awkward, "klunky" syntax. I propose to clean up the syntax by > borrowing from Python. Python is very popular high level "scripting" > language with a reputation for promoting clean, clear code. > > Here are the syntax changes I propose: > > 1. Russ: Your proposals lead me to believe that you have yet to spend much time programming with Ada. By your own admission, you are 'new to Ada'. I recommend getting more familiar with the language, perhaps absorbing the Rationale and/or one of the deeper textbooks, and working on some medium-sized programming projects. You may find that once you get deeper with the language, you won't feel so disappointed with the syntax. Also, it would help if you learn more about the history of Ada. You will find that multiple attempts have been made in a number of directions to try to increase Ada's popularity. Ada's been around for over 18 years, and better reasons for its successes and setbacks have been repeatedly discussed in this and other publicly available forums. -- Stanley Allen mailto:Stanley_R_Allen-NR@Raytheon.com