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: 1014db,304c86061dc69dba X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,5cb36983754f64da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,304c86061dc69dba X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,304c86061dc69dba X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-09 03:19:31 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!peer.news.eu-x.com!server2.netnews.ja.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!south.jnrs.ja.net!souwest.jnfs.ja.net!server6.netnews.ja.net!str-ccsun!nntphost.cis.strath.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: Thomas Stegen CES2000 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java Subject: Re: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language) Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 11:20:15 +0000 Organization: Strathclyde University news server Message-ID: <40276ca5$1@nntphost.cis.strath.ac.uk> References: <20040206174017.7E84F4C4114@lovelace.ada-france.org> <54759e7e.0402071124.322ea376@posting.google.com> <2460735.u7KiuvdgQP@linux1.krischik.com> <1806342.U8nlC1YBRp@linux1.krischik.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dunlop.cis.strath.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dennis.cc.strath.ac.uk 1076325549 24778 130.159.196.119 (9 Feb 2004 11:19:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dennis.cc.strath.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:19:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: a42.cis.strath.ac.uk X-Original-Trace: 9 Feb 2004 11:19:01 GMT, a42.cis.strath.ac.uk Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5361 comp.lang.c:21352 comp.lang.c++:18248 comp.lang.java:2802 Date: 2004-02-09T11:20:15+00:00 List-Id: Josh Sebastian wrote: > Maybe you just weren't very good at C++ templates. I don't mean to be > insulting, but personal preferences do play a huge roll here. Unless > someone can prove Ada's generics are Turing-complete, though (a quick > google doesn't turn up anything), I'd say that we'll have to call C++ > templates more powerful. Turing completeness is only one measure of power. And not a very good one for measuring different systems of templates. If you use templates for any sort of computational programming beyond some very simple things you are stretching the rubber band beyond its limit. -- Thomas.