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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-24 13:40:38 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!strath-cs!st-and!bd From: bd@st-andrews.ac.uk (Brian Duff) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Date: 24 Nov 1994 21:07:41 GMT Organization: University Of St. Andrews Message-ID: <3b2vat$9aj@calvin.st-and.ac.uk> References: <3a6oc5$dkh@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <3alk8j$ok7@calvin.st-and.ac.uk> <3avnpi$1rf@sage.csv.warwick.ac.uk> <3b2bfn$487@calvin.st-and.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lang1.st-andrews.ac.uk Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.ada:16946 comp.lang.c:69584 comp.programming:13053 comp.lang.c++:80158 comp.object:17682 Date: 1994-11-24T21:07:41+00:00 List-Id: In article <3b2bfn$487@calvin.st-and.ac.uk>, Alistair James Robert Young wrote: >In article <3avnpi$1rf@sage.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, >Jules wrote: >>In article <3alk8j$ok7@calvin.st-and.ac.uk>, >> ajry@st-andrews.ac.uk (Alistair James Robert Young) writes: >> >>Using Turbo Pascal 7, there is a unit which allows you to use null terminated >>Is (Standard) Pascal useful for any practical purpose? >>A language where every time you wish to read a string you must write your own >>procedure to do it? And all strings are fixed length? >>A language which does not allow random access to files? >>I could go on.... >> > >Well, at least you pick up some things that might be useful later on with >Turbo Pascal or C. Does anyone still use algol out there? For anything? And >when this dialect tries to implement arrays (called 'vectors' for some >bizarre reason), or pointers - well, does the word 'bastardized' mean >anything? :-) > Hi Alistair. Just though I`d complain a little about S-Algol. It's possibly one of the worst languages I've seen. I suppose the idea is to teach us to program in a structured way etc, etc, spraff, spraff, but other universities manage to do this quite effectively using C. That has the added advantage that C is used in corporate circles (certainly more than any kind of Algol, particularly S-Algol). Oh well. Mustn't grumble, guess we're stuck with it.... Brian > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Alistair Young -- Arkane Systems Software Development & PC Consultancy >The opinions above are my company's, because I OWN it! >[Development for OS/2 only!] Contact: ajry@st-and.ac.uk >"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" - Groucho Marx >GAT/CS/C/S d++ H s++:- g+ !p+ !au a- w+++ v+++ C++++ O++++$ P+ E+++ >N+++ W--- M-- !V -po+(++) Y+ t+ R++ tv b+++ D++ e+ u** h--- f+ r++ n+ y? >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------ |> |\ Brian Duff |> |\ |> |/ University St. Andrews |> |/ Sensible SIG v1.0.. ------------------------------------------