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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Craig Franck Subject: Re: ADA and Pascal SUCK, C,C++, and Java are the only languages you need!! Date: 1997/10/31 Message-ID: <63bhta$g2e@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 286095157 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <34566fe9.447229@news.mindspring.com> <345673af.1413708@news.mindspring.com> <3456b9f3.0@news.eznet.net> <3456e71b.3833189@news.mindspring.com> <3459AC95.1D75@dynamite.com.au> Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c Date: 1997-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Jon S Anthony wrote: >Alan E & Carmel J Brain writes: > >> C and C++ compilers differ by so much that porting is often a Nightmare. >> Before I get flamed, I'd like to talk to people who've actually ported >> code cross-platform. > >That's about right. Porting anything of substance written in C even >between compilers on the _same_ platform is depressing. FOE here... Sounds like you may have been a victim of the run of your patients. Well written C code is very portable. I've seen compiler upgrades break code, but only because it was trash to begin with. >> In my own, albeit limited experience, the problems I've had with any >> C or C++ port are greater than all the problems I've had with Ada >> crossplatform put together! > >That rings true as well. Typically porting Ada code between platforms >or compilers amounts to a recompilation. Something like a Windows to Mac port? How platform specific was the code? A recompilation port would be the ideal we all chase after. If you have such great splatfrom tools, you should feel lucky. -- Craig clfranck@worldnet.att.net Manchester, NH I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. -- Ashleigh Brilliant