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: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/01/18 Message-ID: <77vj5d$ov1$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 433992195 References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> <369DDDC3.FDE09999@sea.ericsson.se> <369e309a.32671759@news.demon.co.uk> <369F1D39.64A65BC1@sea.ericsson.se> <369f81a9.31040093@news.demon.co.uk> <36A2F986.97FB0411@sea.ericsson.se> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x7.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Mon Jan 18 15:15:02 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <36A2F986.97FB0411@sea.ericsson.se>, Gerhard Menzl wrote: > John Birch wrote: > C++ was explicitly designed so that programmers could > restrict themselves to whatever subset they felt were > appropriate for their application. Indeed it is hard to imagine any language NOT being designed in such a manner. Probably PL/1 was the first design for which this goal was explicitly articulated. Note that Tony Hoare's (in)famous address criticizing Ada, he noted that it was possible to choose a safe and reliable subset for critical application use. Well that's the point! For each application you choose the appropriate subset. Look for example at the GNAT sources, they are written in what is really quite a small subset of Ada, adequate to the purpose. Tony seemed to say that it would be unwise to use the whole of Ada in a critical application. Well yes of course, who could disagree with that obvious truism! Robert Dewar -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own