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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10261c,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: 10c950,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c950,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: kaz@helios.crest.nt.com (Kaz Kylheku) Subject: Re: ADA and Pascal SUCK, C,C++, and Java are the only languages you need!! Date: 1997/11/06 Message-ID: <63tean$rs7$1@helios.crest.nt.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 287507070 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <3459AC95.1D75@dynamite.com.au> Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.pascal.ansi-iso,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 1997-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , John Stevens wrote: >Well, considering I was unable to port an Ada program to two of the five >platforms I was targeting, while I was able to port a C program to all five, >I'd have to say that C is infinitely more portable. No, you would have to say that C was 5/3 times as portable in your scenario. :) >YMMV, and all that. > >>If you have an Ada compiler > >That *IF*, being the gotcha. > >Has anybody ever successfully used Ada on a Linux box? I have used GNAT under Linux. It works. Mind you, the first Ada program I tried to write was so bad, that the compiler core dumped. I was lightly amused, since it's written in Ada which is purported to prevent such errors. -- "In My Egotistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt." -- Blair P. Houghton