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: 103376,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: ucaa2385@alpha1.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de (Peter Hermann) Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because... Date: 1996/07/10 Message-ID: <4rvr2j$2gb0@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 167546560 references: <31daad10.57288085@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <4rgqp7$iv6@btmpjg.god.bel.alcatel.be> <31e02c32.342948604@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> followup-to: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c Date: 1996-07-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar (dewar@cs.nyu.edu) wrote: : Kevin says : "I do the same in C. The problem is that Ada won't *let* you use your superior : skill, i.e., nothing is gained by it. For someone who knows what they're : doing, it's just as easy to write good, clean, safe code in C (or assembly, or : *any* language) as it is in Ada." : Maybe you have superior skill as a C coder, but clearly you know nothing : about Ada to make such a clearly incorrect statement. Please give a single : example that backs up your claim. As for the idea that it is just as : easy to write good, clean, safe code in assembler as in a high level : lanvguage -- that is clearly also nonsense, and here is extensive data : to establish that this is more than just a matter of subjective opinion. : Of course you could always claim to be the only person that knows what : they are doing, and then refuse to demonstrate that you don't :-) bingo! Kevin, I intentionally repeated the above statements of Robert in full length because I fully agree with every single word. Please note, Kevin, that Robert was extremely polite and diplomatic in your case, more than you deserve. In order to keep the level of behavior in comp.lang.ada high I will control myself, too. I hope you are able to read in-between the lines. :-| -- Peter Hermann Tel:+49-711-685-3611 Fax:3758 ph@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de Pfaffenwaldring 27, 70569 Stuttgart Uni Computeranwendungen Team Ada: "C'mon people let the world begin" (Paul McCartney)