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From: blaw@mkisserve.com (Robert Law)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Feasibility of using Ada in new development
Date: 24 Aug 2004 13:25:19 -0700
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We are all zealots for one thing or another.  As far as what he says,
I know and have worked with Java for three years.  I took a
VisualBasic.NET class in school and I hated it.  So I guess that makes
us even.

What I was trying to get across is my first message which must have
been confusing for some is that I am interested in choosing a language
that lets me develop excellant software with a minimum of the problems
that are so prevalent in the C/C++ world.  And yes, I've been working
with C for 14 years.  I'm uncomfortable writing a full suite of
financial applications in C or C++.

The applications need to be able to be run in a graphical environment
or accessed using a web browser.  Even using curses is okay.  Those of
you who have watched a clerk enter timecards in a non graphical
environment know what I mean when I say a GUI generally slows most
users down when they are doing data entry.

I guess I need to learn Ada better.

By the way, the applications would be based on Linux using GNAT and
PostgreSQL.

"Jeff C," <jcreem@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<mOFWc.35080$9d6.33823@attbi_s54>...
> "Phong Ho" <peter_ho98@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:6530a40c.0408240309.36f53e75@posting.google.com...
> >I could not advice you to use ADA. I took an ADA course at school last
> > semester and I did like it.
> > Please use .NET or Java.
> >
> 
> I am not sure which advice is the least useful. That of the Ada zealots 
> (myself included) who have
> 
> * Been programming for many years
> * Completed many (often large) projects
> * Would probably go with Ada even if it another approach were somewhat 
> better..
> 
> ...or.
> 
> The guy in school who took one class related to the Americans with 
> Disabilities Act (ADA) and now
> is an expert on programming.
> 
> Of course even years of experience have failed to teach me "Never feed the 
> Tolls"....so..what do I know.