Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada

[ramsesy@rd.scitec.com.au (Ramses Youhana)]

Richard A. O'Keefe (ok@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU) wrote:
> ramsesy@rd.scitec.com.au (Ramses Youhana) writes:
> >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.

> It is true  that Ada (95) is harder to learn fully than C.
> It is FALSE that Ada (95) is harder to learn fully than C++.
> <snip>

Since I posted the above, I've been flamed by every man and his dog.  The comment
was based on something I was told at UNI by one of the lecturers, and not out of
my own experience.  I realise it was a stupid comment, however, I wasn't attempting
to put Ada down.  I've also received mail messages from people out there, and in
particular, one who stated that I could probably learn Ada in about one week.
I really don't know how difficult the language is to learn, however, from what
you all have said about it, I'm interested in learning it.  Can anyone suggest
any good books on it (one that reasonably priced) and possibly a good compiler
for a PC.

Also, according to many of the postings, I'm being given the impression that there
are plenty of engineering jobs for Ada.  I've been looking in the job ads (in Sydney,
Australia) and I can't seem to find many Ada jobs (as compared with C and C/C++ jobs)
for engineers.  I'm interested to know where these jobs are.

Ramses.