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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: rant (Re: Ada featured in Doctor Dobb's Journal )
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Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 01:21:57 +0200
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jhc0033 writes:
>> But that doesn't make C++ suitable for those either.  I think he
>> rather had scripting languages like Perl in mind.
>
> I don't think that makes sense in his context and time. The whole
> comparison was C++ vs Ada.

No, you are wrong.  The presentation contains several comparisons of
Ada with several other languages besides C++ (including COBOL,
Fortran, Pascal, Eiffel and C).

> Why suddenly assume he meant some other language on this particular
> slide?

Because this is a presentation about why Ada is better than all
alternatives considered, not a presentation about C++.  Because slide
http://archive.adaic.com/docs/present/engle/comments/tsld018.htm lists
only variants of the "lemming argument" to explain why anyone would
want to use C++.  Because the last 10 slides or so are all in praise
and support of Ada.

The author does not specifically say which language he would recommend
for prototyping.  I know I would personally recommend Ada.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.