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: 103376,2702c1ed8be62863 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Pat Rogers" Subject: Re: What ada 83 compiler is *best* Date: 1998/12/07 Message-ID: <74hk55$6t5$1@remarQ.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 419796976 References: <3666F5A4.2CCF6592@maths.unine.ch> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@remarQ.com X-Trace: 913069029 Y6JRGRJUHDE6CC640C usenet87.supernews.com Organization: Software Arts & Sciences Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-12-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: I'll ignore most of the drivel; however, some needs answering with fact. Rick Thorne wrote in message ... >Ada and C++/Java operate in the same domain. They're all used for large >system development, real-time processing, applications development, etc. >Which you choose depends on the development environment you want. If you >want to get close to the machine and control the memory usage, us C++ >because it provides incredible memory allocation capabilities. I assume you're talking about C++ user-defined allocators, here. Ada can do that too. Easily. >If you want simplicity in memory allocation and want enourmous flexibility in >portability and UI development, use Java. Same domain, hum? I quote the header comment that Sun puts on the software they distribute: * Copyright (c) 1994-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * * * * This software is not designed or intended for use in on-line control of * aircraft, air traffic, aircraft navigation or aircraft communications; or in * the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear * facility. Licensee represents and warrants that it will not use or * redistribute the Software for such purposes. */ >Ever wonder why the >Ada Initiative was dropped by the DoD? The reason is somple: Ada code >isn't any less expensive, buggy, slow, or difficult to read than anyone >ELSE's code. Simply false. See hard facts at: http://www.adaresource.org/docs/present/ajpo/pll-cost/html/ http://www.adaresource.org/docs/reports/cada/cada_art.html