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: a07f3367d7,ab1d177a5a26577d
X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet
X-Google-NewGroupId: yes
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII
Path: 
 g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!usenet-fr.net!ircam.fr!freenix!feeder.news.orange.fr!not-for-mail
Message-ID: <4D5C1824.3020509@obry.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:32:04 +0100
From: Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>
Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; fr-FR;
 rv:1.8.1.22) Gecko/20090605 Thunderbird/2.0.0.22 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
To: KK6GM <mjsilva@scriptoriumdesigns.com>
Subject: Re: What's wrong with C++?
References: 
 <1ee1a434-4048-48f6-9f5e-d8126bebb808@r19g2000prm.googlegroups.com>
In-Reply-To: 
 <1ee1a434-4048-48f6-9f5e-d8126bebb808@r19g2000prm.googlegroups.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Feb 2011 19:32:04 CET
NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.204.248.224
X-Trace: 1297881124 reader.news.orange.fr 32458 83.204.248.224:8467
X-Complaints-To: abuse@orange.fr
Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17303
Date: 2011-02-16T19:32:04+01:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

Le 16/02/2011 18:37, KK6GM a �crit :
> This is a serious question, seeking objective information.  I've
> worked with C for many years and I have a very good understanding of
> its weaknesses, which are many.  I haven't done nearly so much C++,
> and what I have done was not very intensive (didn't use a great many C+
> + features), so I don't have a good understanding of its weaknesses.

For me C++ is a powerful language but not something I want to use (I 
have used in many projects though) because it is always on the un-secure 
side. Most constructs are dangerous and can corrupt the application. In 
contrast Ada try very hard to stay on the safe side, just have a look at 
Barnes book "Safe and Secure Software".

    http://www.adacore.com/home/ada_answers/ada_2005/safe_secure/

So I won't spot a particular point, C++ and Ada have just followed two 
very different paths.

I choose Ada every time I can because I do not want a language to waste 
my precious time. Some may well say that I'm not talented enough to use 
C++, maybe, or I'm just a human.

Pascal.

-- 

--|------------------------------------------------------
--| Pascal Obry                           Team-Ada Member
--| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE
--|------------------------------------------------------
--|    http://www.obry.net  -  http://v2p.fr.eu.org
--| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination"
--|
--| gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key F949BD3B