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: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: "Jean-Pierre Rosen" Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/02/08 Message-ID: <79ncag$vm$1@platane.wanadoo.fr>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 442067889 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> <369DDDC3.FDE09999@sea.ericsson.se> <369e309a.32671759@news.demon.co.uk> <77ledn$eu7$1@remarQ.com> <77pnqc$cgi$1@newnews.global.net.uk> <8p64spq5lo5.fsf@Eng.Sun.COM> <77t3ld$nou$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79ce4s$lfq$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79chc7$ko6@drn.newsguy.com> <79dodb$rhf$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79jeos$bu4@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> <79k65l$s0t@drn.newsguy.com> <79kd5j$q5r@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> <79klod$qud@drn.newsguy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2120.0 Organization: Adalog Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java Date: 1999-02-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >If all what Ada is to be used for is real-time, and embedded systems, then >fine. But if you want Ada to be used in the commerical non DoD sector, you >need to add to the standard library things that are needed in the commerical >world. > >Look at Java Packages and you'll see what I mean. > I had a look at Java packages. Sure there are lots of them. Half are obsolete or superseded. I found once a class that looked nice, but the manual said it was obsolete and that I should use a new one. Fine, I went to the other one. There was a notice there confirming that, right, that was the one to use, but unfortunately it was recognized neither by IE 4 nor by Netscape 4. There is also (at least) one "obsolete" function that is a misspelling (get_decent instead of get_descent). But since it was first released this way, and some people started using it with the misspelling, they will be forced to keep the obsolete misspelled functions for centuries. And then I was hardly getting acquainted with AWT when I learned that I should use SWING instead. That's what happens when you release immature technology, that has not even been carefully reviewed. Sure, it builds an impressive library ! --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen (Rosen.Adalog@wanadoo.fr) Visit Adalog's web site at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/adalog