Re: C is 'better' than Ada because...

[z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Ralph Silverman)]

Tim Behrendsen (tim@airshields.com) wrote:
: Jon S Anthony <jsa@alexandria> wrote in article
: <JSA.96Jul31152443@alexandria>...
: > In article <01bb7e29$61e3d260$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> "Tim
: Behrendsen" <tim@airshields.com> writes:
: > 
: > > Unfortunately, it's difficult to discuss comparative language
: > > issues without needing to intersperse "This is not a bait!"
: > > between each sentence.  I started the thread admitting that
: > > I know nothing, and at least trying to assure people that I was
: > 
: > I think part of the problem here is that despite some of your comments
: > to the contrary, you really do seem set in your ways.  Old dog new trick
: > problems and all that.  So, it is not much use responding to most of what
: > you have to say.  Still, this one point:

: I am a *very* conservative programmer.  I believe in the tried and
: true, and letting *other* pioneers take the arrows.  It's the
: people that follow the pioneers that build the cities.

: > > sincerely interested in discussing why C has become extremely
: > > popular, but Ada seems mired in more the "big iron" worlds.
: > 
: > is really odd.  I'm not sure there even is any Ada in the "big iron"
: > worlds.  That is the land of COBOL and more recently some success with
: > Smalltalk.  I have never used Ada on "big iron" and have used it on
: > and for several years.  In the last year or so, we have gone
: > completely over to use of Ada95 pretty much exclusively.  Our
: > platforms are various UNI* and Win* stuff.  It is worth noting that
: > the Ada95 on Win* is either free (GNAT with self extracting installer
: > and all) or cheap (ObjectAda from Tomson offering a full Win*
: > environment).
: > 
: > The problem here isn't so much that you don't have a clue (as you
: > admit) but rather that you don't appear to want one.

: The fact that I put my ignorance out for public display means I
: am interested in gaining "a clue".

: It's not just that I'm curious about Ada (which I am), but I'm also
: curious why some languages become more popular than others.  I have
: heard very few criticisms of Ada, which is quite remarkable.  Given
: the rarity of criticism, it makes me wonder what keeps it out of the
: mainstream, or at the very least, under the radar of popular
: programming culture.

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	re.
	 "...what keeps it out of the mainstream..."
	 (ada).

	welcome to the real world...

	real programmers generally are employees
	tracked into work by school,  employer
	etc.

	the origins of ada are dod as indicated
	elsewhere on this thread...

	ask the pentagon!

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Ralph Silverman
z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us