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From: Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ariane5 FAQ
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 06:03:50 -0700
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Hyman Rosen wrote:

> Richard Riehle wrote:
>  > It is certainly better  than C++ (sorry Hyman) in my opinion.
>
> S'OK :-)
>
> C++ is a collection of many good ideas awaiting a brilliant
> integrationist who can draw them together into a coherent
> whole (unlike the many wannabees whose first step is to get
> rid of the best parts). But I like it anyway.

There are some things for which I like in C++.  My concern is its
use in safety-critical software, a domain for which I believe
it is not well-suited.  Even Ada includes features that are
of questionable value in safety-critical software.  That is one
reason for  the  existence of SPARK.

I think it would be much more difficult to write a version of SPARK
for C++ than for Ada.   In the process, one would lose too much of
what is useful in C++.

Richard Riehle