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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: ramsesy@rd.scitec.com.au (Ramses Youhana) Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada Date: 1996/02/19 Message-ID: <4g8ook$bce@mailhub.scitec.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 139988017 references: <00001a73+00002504@msn.com> <3114d8fb.5a455349@zesi.ruhr.de> <4f5h5t$f13@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4g1bgf$l5@mailhub.scitec.com.au> <4g2vn3$rgi@dfw.dfw.net> followup-to: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ organization: SCITEC LIMITED, Sydney, Australia. newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1996-02-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: David Weller (dweller@dfw.net) wrote: > In article <4g1bgf$l5@mailhub.scitec.com.au>, > Ramses Youhana wrote: > >Another thing not mentioned is that Ada is far more complicated to learn > >fully than is C/C++. The complexity of the language can add to an increase > >in the probabilty of bugs being introduced and also adds to an increase in > >project maintanace costs. > > > Compared to C++? You are wrong. There are fewer features in C++, yet > the (draft) reference manual is larger than Ada 95 (not that this is > necessarily a good measure, but rather that a language that is less > complex would hopefully require less "langauge" to specify it). My > personal experience with Ada 95 and C++ indicates the exact opposite > of your conclusion. I have a feeling you haven't used Ada 95 very > much to make such claims. Sorry. I had once heard that Ada was more complicated than C. However, as many people have posted and told me otherwise, I take the comment back. However, I am interested in knowing what the advantages and disadvantages C/C++ and Ada (or Ada 95) languages have over each other, without having to buy a book on Ada (as I am unlikely to use it in my profession), especially for engineering applications. Ramses.