Re: Mariner 1 / FORTRAN bug

[Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com>]

> That is why using named arguments is better and also more clear
> 
>     P (I=>1, J=>2);

Of course - the best way to avoid writing bad code is to write good code. But this is true in any language. What we should expect from good languages is that bad code should be impossible, or at least writing bad code should take more effort than writing good code. And yet, what the above example shows, bad code is perfectly possible in Ada and in fact is easier - and that good code involves higher effort.

Which, ultimately, makes it more difficult for Ada to gain attention of C++ programmers, for example.

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