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: 103376,9e2776c05028676e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: ica2ph@alpha1.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de (Peter Hermann) Subject: Re: Why Ada is not the Commercial Lang of Choice Date: 1997/06/18 Message-ID: <5o84gh$1a0s@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 249271050 References: <33a1c14d.155787285@news.mhv.net> <01bc7b7e$bc0a0400$LocalHost@xhv46.dial.pipex.com> Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-06-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Nick Roberts (Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com) wrote: > I'm sure many programmers would be irked by the more cumbersome methods > imposed by Ada. The opposite is true. You are displaying complete lack of experience. This is not meant as an insult but should be read in a technical sense, i.e. please don't worry, be happy. The reason why I am posting this is simply my sharp disagreement with the word "cumbersome". This can't be left unanswered. Experience indicates that in particular those people with long-term experience in very large software systems with those worn-out programming languages like Fortran or C are deeply appreciating Ada's inherent active support for bug free code. Being well introduced into the language, there are no obstacles in the way to smoothly and easily write down correct code. The only "cumbersome" thing is, that Ada forces to do the things right just from the beginning. There is nearly no freedom left to initially implant unintentional bugs, therefore Ada does not donate the great satisfaction produced by the time-consuming process of bug searching. However, many beginner-programmers need this narcotic and I recommend them to program in C or Fortran: Yes, it is a great feeling when a bug is found as a result of a day- or week-long search -- The feeling is "I did a great job", notwithstanding the genius (which I absolutely admit is there) may not have been spent for the project's aim. -- 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)