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: 11390f,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid11390f,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4c42ac518eba0bbe X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: randy@godin.on.ca (Randy MacDonald) Subject: Re: Documenting Code (was:Programming language vote - results) Date: 1997/11/01 Message-ID: <63fvii$su8$1@news.on>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 287268846 References: <343fbb5a.0@news.iprolink.ch> <343FD05C.8986A557@flash.net> <34428914.2D71D0F@ibm.net> <01bcd87f$7fefcf00$25a43a91@basil.omroep.nl> <34458CE3.507C@dynamite.com.au> <3444BFC6.794BDF32@druid.net> <34466EB4.3381@dynamite.com.au> <6275dt$agm$3@news.on> <344BCED0.2D51@dynamite.com.au> <62idmb$htg$1@news.on> <344DEAA9.5115@hal-pc.org> <01bce1bf$5c2baaa0$95b66bcf@dkelly.ark.com> <345776DD.424B@hal-pc.org> <3459A84A.246@dynamite.com.au> Organization: Godin London Incorporated Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.apl,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <3459A84A.246@dynamite.com.au>, aebrain@dynamite.com.au wrote: >I still for the life of me can't understand why C++ is so popular, yet >Ada is described as obsolete, etc etc when for a lot of purposes, Ada is >C++ with (usually more) clarity, power and safety belts. Perhaps because most serious implementations have a large price tag attached, and are not subject to marketing/price wars like those that have boosted the fortunes of BASIC, Pascal, C and C++. If Microsoft had actually succeeded with an APL implementation, this would probably have led to a much more interesting present. >Certainly in my experience C++ programmers who've had some exposure to Ada >have an advantage over the rest. But never mind. This I would tend to believe as an If-APL-did-not-exist-I-would-be-using-Ada person. -- |\/| Randy A MacDonald | Bring me... BLUE PAGES!!!! |\\| randy@godin.on.ca | BSc(Math) UNBF '83 | APL: If you can say it, it's done. Natural Born APL'er | *** GLi Info: info@godin.on.ca *** | Also http://www.godin.on.ca/randy ------------------------------------------------<-NTP>----{ gnat }-