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From: "John R. Strohm" <strohm@airmail.net>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc
Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate,
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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 01:13:18 -0500
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Apples and oranges, Will.

The interesting comparison would be to give both sides the same hardware
power, and do the UI software in Ada vs. C.

"Will" <wv9557@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Deep blue. Raw hardware power with some user interface written in C.
> Try to beat that with Ada.
>
>
>
>
> softeng3456@netscape.net (soft-eng) wrote in message
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> > Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@crs4.it> wrote in message
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> > > [ FUT comp.lang.ada ]
> > >
> > > soft-eng wrote:
> > >
> > > > But if you
> > > > had to develop device drivers for a living, and if
> > > > the language was truly your choice, would you chose Ada as
> > > > the language?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> >
> > Hmmm.  Very interesting.
> >
> > But I am sure you folks couldn't come up with some similar
> > pronouncements for AI as well.  How many people out there who have
> > years and years of Artificial Intelligence experience and
> > who really think Ada is the best language for this purpose?
> >
> > Any at all?