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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.107.156.79 with SMTP id f76mr8203563ioe.7.1437147346217; Fri, 17 Jul 2015 08:35:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.102.71 with SMTP id fm7mr298945igb.8.1437147346201; Fri, 17 Jul 2015 08:35:46 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!pg9no1611713igb.0!news-out.google.com!t2ni13461igk.0!nntp.google.com!pg9no1611707igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 08:35:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=112.203.230.68; posting-account=7jTbjwoAAADuqLe9GO_M9l_Emer5tqxR NNTP-Posting-Host: 112.203.230.68 References: <084c0dc7-ae74-4cb8-b1fe-78f42de94291@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <74b92426-c72c-43d9-bb19-da75fdacbe9f@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Weakness of Ada is expensive / security / etc. ? Anything else? From: Trish Cayetano Injection-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:35:46 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:26844 Date: 2015-07-17T08:35:45-07:00 List-Id: On Friday, July 17, 2015 at 6:48:00 PM UTC+8, Simon Clubley wrote: > On 2015-07-17, Trish Cayetano wrote: > > Hi, here is what I have noted as strengths and weaknesses of Ada. Let me know for any corrections and if you have anything to add... Thank you! > > > > Strength and weaknesses of the language > > Strength > > - Semantics - well defined even in error situations > > - Strong typing - can be used to reduce the scope (and cost) of analysis > > - Quality - successfully used in many high integrity applications > > > > Weaknesses > > - Ada complete language is too complex. True or False? If true, how? > > The Ada language is also nicely modular. This means that you only need to > use the features which are appropriate to the problem at hand. It also > means you can write full Ada programs in a core subset of the language > without having to learn all it's features. > > > - Ada requires expensive compilers for large systems > > That's an incredibly sore point in some parts around here. You are > hereby warned about some of the responses you might get. :-) > > For the serious response to this, the expense of the compiler depends > on the support required and the licence conditions of your code. If you > are willing to release the source code for any redistributed binaries > under the GPL more options open up. > > However, this one item by itself puts Ada at a major disadvantage when > compared to other options such as C and C++. > > > - Ada lacks that web presence greatly. comp.lang.ada is the only location on the internet with an active Ada community. > > There are various resources scattered around the web, but comp.lang.ada > does appear to be the only major place for active discussions (apart > from some discussions on Stack Overflow). > > > - How is security a weakness? (Strength can be a weakness too?) > > Is this homework ? (the question seems to be worded in a strange way > and I don't really understand what you are trying to ask here). > > Simon. > > -- > Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP > Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world Thank you so much for your response, Simon. The security question is my personal question. Since Ada is known to be time-tested, safe, secure and reliable, is there an instance where these could be compromised?