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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,604e0f87aa06eab6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-14 10:16:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!proxad.net!proxad.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030210 X-Accept-Language: en, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <80pca.1371$Gk6.7203@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:16:43 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.98.236.72 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net 1047665796 81.98.236.72 (Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:16:36 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:16:36 GMT Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35336 Date: 2003-03-14T18:16:43+00:00 List-Id: Robert C. Leif wrote: > Microsoft is imitating Ada generics in its proposed next version of C#. > Microsoft is now explaining what is wrong with Java. This again demonstrates > that those who switched from Ada to Java did not do it for good > technological reasons. If you don't classify the Java API as technology then yes, otherwise no. The vastness of utility in the API is why I've considered Java alot over Ada. Only problem is that Suns' Java SDK is not fast enough for *me*. (I suppose I could use gcc java, but ...). The hell that is C is the only alternative open to me, so I'm sticking with Ada for the time being.