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From: NKSW39B@prodigy.com (Matthew Givens)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/04/15
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Steve Jones - JON <jon@hpodid2.eurocontrol.fr> wrote:
>
>IME C produces more bugs than Ada, and it is harder to track down bugs
>in C than in Ada.  And given a choice of specifiying a language for an
>"average" programmer I would prefer Ada every time over C (the things
>I have seen people do in C make my flesh creep) if they get the design
>wrong then the language won't help, but by preventing many of the 
common
>C errors Ada is a leap ahead.
>

Hmmmmm, this struck me as wrong.  Because you've seen people who program 
poorly in C, you prefer Ada every time?  But I've seen some abysmally 
poor (and horrifying) code in Ada.  Does that mean that C is better?

Of course not.  The thing to remember is that different languages fit 
different tasks, and different programmers are suited to different 
languages.  I am a highly proficient C programmer, but only a moderately 
skilled Ada programmer.  In fact, I often rough out algorythms in C 
before implementing them in the Ada version.  Why?  Because I don't have 
to think so much of the surface furnishings of Ada and can concentrate on 
just the functionality.  It would save a lot of time if I didn't have to 
write the Ada version, wouldn't it?

And, before I get lambasted, I realize that other people don't agree with 
that.  That's okay, variety is a good thing, not a bad one.

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