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,a1ce307c10055549 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-10 14:15:40 PST Message-ID: <3DF6653D.3030603@cogeco.ca> From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada References: <3DF1615C.7AAAC86E@adaworks.com> <3DF1B042.6603DDDE@easystreet.com> <3DF2A483.EC512CDF@adaworks.com> <8db3d6c8.0212091445.12594821@posting.google.com> <3DF628C4.7090607@cogeco.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:05:49 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.47.195 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1039557949 198.96.47.195 (Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:05:49 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:05:49 EST Organization: Bell Sympatico Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!torn!webster!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31659 Date: 2002-12-10T17:05:49-05:00 List-Id: Wes Groleau wrote: >>> pretty. Any level of difficulty starts discouraging the average user and >>> pointing them down the path of least resistance. > > That, unfortunately is a bigger key than just with libraries. > > With C, you can lean on the keyboard and almost generate > something that will compile. Many people will dump Ada > about the fifth time their program is rejected. They'll > never get far enough to find out that it would have had > fewer errors. It is true that learning to do things the "Ada way" will create some frustration in beginners. However, I can say that I am always grateful for what the compiler finds up front. The challenge is to educate people that fighting with the compiler is much preferred over looking for memory leaks and other odd corruption problems. In other words quality time spent with your Ada compiler is much less than the quality time you spend with your debugger. -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg