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-Thread: 103376,c4cb2c432feebd9d X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,c4cb2c432feebd9d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,gid1094ba,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Message-ID: <44732B23.5020201@obry.net> Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 17:32:51 +0200 From: Pascal Obry Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.fortran To: Ken Plotkin Subject: Re: Ada vs Fortran for scientific applications References: <447169eb$1@news.meer.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 May 2006 17:32:51 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.124.253.30 X-Trace: 1148398371 news.wanadoo.fr 18335 82.124.253.30:2483 X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!oleane.net!oleane!feed.ac-versailles.fr!fdn.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4372 comp.lang.fortran:10128 Date: 2006-05-23T17:32:51+02:00 List-Id: Ken Plotkin a �crit : > As I recall, ADA was designed by the US DOD for use in embedded > systems. It came at a time when Pascal-like languages were in vogue. Not exactly. The requirements came from the DOD but the design was part of an international call. The "winner" language was the green language (Ada), it was designed at CII Honeywell Bull by a team lead by Jean Ichbiah. > Its structured nature and verbosity were intended to improve > readibility, maintenance and reliability. Yep, Ada mains goals. Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.net --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595