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From: wv9557@yahoo.com (Will)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc
Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate,
 and why it collapsed and died)
Date: 30 Apr 2003 05:31:06 -0700
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Now if you want a challenge try to write an Ada chess program to beat
GNU chess. It's all C.

"John R. Strohm" <strohm@airmail.net> wrote in message news:<416273D61ACF7FEF.82C1D1AC17296926.FF0BFD4934A03813@lp.airnews.net>...
> 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
> news:4a885870.0304291909.300765f@posting.google.com...
> > 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
>  news:<9fa75d42.0304240950.45114a39@posting.google.com>...
> > > Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@crs4.it> wrote in message
>  news:<3EA7E0E3.8020407@crs4.it>...
> > > > [ 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?