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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID, SUBJ_ALL_CAPS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Rob Eamon" Subject: Re: ADA SUCKS, C/C++/JAVA RULES!!!! Date: 1997/10/28 Message-ID: <637k2m$2lp$1@news01.micron.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 285787621 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Organization: Idaho Power Company Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.advocacy Date: 1997-10-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: John Black wrote in message <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com>... >I have tried and tried to program with Ada, but it is downright >impossible. I just don't see how anyone could - or would want to - >use this outdated piece of crap. It's back to C++ and Java for me. >Hopefully Ada and other languages will go the way of the dinosaur and >get hit by a meteor, disappearing from the face of the earth. This seems to be a fairly typical reaction by C/C++ programmers. (And I don't mean this in a negative way.) The Ada syntax is more verbose and tends to make those who are comfortable with a terse language a little crazy. Also the strong type checking will make a C/C++ programmer who is used to playing loose and easy with pointers and casting pull their hair out. Ada has some good features, including having multitasking support built into the language. Ada is useful in many contexts, but unless you had a specific reason for using Ada, it's not surprising that you abandoned it for what you already know.