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From: helbig@man.ac.uk (Phillip Helbig)
Subject: should I be interested in ada?
Date: 1999/02/14
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Organization: University of Manchester, NRAL
Reply-To: p.helbig@jb.man.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Date: 1999-02-14T00:00:00+00:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

I'm actually quite happy programming in Fortran95 but Ada seems to be 
the one language I regularly hear good things about (which also seem 
believable AND relevant to me).

Is there any reason to use Ada as opposed to Fortran95 for my stuff
(mainly number crunching, numerical analysis etc, some home-grown 
graphics software, relatively simple text processing etc; almost all 
code I use is my own)?

What are the main advantages/disadvantages of Fortran and Ada?

How many platforms have ada compilers (in principle AND in practice)?

I just subscribed to comp.lang.ada, but have been a regular
comp.lang.fortran reader (and contributor) for years.  I notice some 
folks appear to be regulars in both newsgroups, so perhaps they could 
answer these questions or, if they're FAQs, point me to the FAQ.


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