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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7bcba1db9ed24fa7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-10 07:02:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Vinzent Hoefler Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: is ada dead? Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:02:07 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <3B724BCB@MailAndNews.com> X-InterChange-Posted-By: vinzent@MailAndNews.com Sender: Vinzent Hoefler X-EXP32-SerialNo: 50000000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: InterChange (Hydra) News v3.61.08 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9716 Date: 2001-07-10T10:02:07-04:00 List-Id: Original Message From Emmanuel Briot >Vinzent Hoefler writes: [GVD] >> But, hmm, quite long buglist for an Ada project *ouch* *NO, NO, NO, please >> don't beat me, it's just the big font!* > >Not beating you on the head, but: Ok, thank you. I just tried to make a little joke. >There are actually several things worth nothing with regards to gvd: > >- thanks to Ada, the development was very fast (we started coding at the > beginning of May 2000, and had a first public release around november I > think, with a very usable version already. Indeed, that's fast. >- The list of "bugs" is in fact not that long. I already noticed that. :-) [portability] > I do not know of many C projects that are as easy to port... ACK. Sometimes I think, the so called portability of C is just an ancient myth. One really can write good portable code in C, if he takes care of what he writes, but C itself isn't very helpful in doing that. Ok, I got work to do, Vinzent. -- ... The C-song continued ... then I found my code in tons of trouble, and my boss was firing me, spoke last words of wisdom: Write in Ada, not in C.