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From: Adam.Morris@octacon.co.uk (Adam Morris)
Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
Date: 1996/02/19
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Date: 1996-02-19T00:00:00+00:00
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Someone was heard to mumble:-
>> Truth is, Ada has its strengths 

And it's weaknesses... Like EVERY other language (in my opinion)

>> and is (for certain projects) far superior to any other structured 
>> language. 

and ML is far superior for certain projects, and C is better for other ones, 
and if what you really want is Fortran then that's the best... For a 
particular project then yes Ada or C++ or BCPL or whatever may be the best... 
but for EVERY project there is no one language that is the best every time.

I am quite happy to admit that I prefer programming in C/C++ to programming in 
Basic, but if I want a really small simple thing done I'm willing to use a 
batch file/shell script.  If I can do it in that in a couple of minutes why do 
I need to write a fully compiled program that will do it.  

Need I add that all of this is my own personal opinions?  

BTW in my opinion I won't find a language that is perfect for me until I write 
one that does everything I want in the way that I want it to, even then, you 
may not like it, or you may only like bits of it.  And i'm never going to 
write it because my requirements are always changing... :-)

Adam.