Ada vs C vs Reality ...

Ada vs C vs Reality ...

[Judy.Bamberger]

You all got me again ...  Discussions about Ada abound with references
to Ada Follies (are you sure you didn't attend or write some of these
yourselves?).  Enjoy!  (Yes - those of you who ordered video tapes -
they are being copied; should be shipped after Thanksgiving.)

Judy Bamberger
Software Engineering Institute
Pittsburgh PA  15213
bamberg@sei.cmu.edu

PS - Who was it that said that 
     " ... truth is always strange, stranger than fiction"?
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From the skit:  A vs C Programmers

Teacher:  C tells you that the C language is absolutely perfect.  MOREOVER,
          it can be improved by adding *classy* extensions, preprocessors, etc.  
          A admits that, unfortunately, there are some known deficiencies in the 
          A language.  HOWEVER, you are not allowed to change it in any way!

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From the song:  Help Me, Grady 
   (To the tune of ``Help Me, Rhonda'' by the Beach Boys)
   
(Verse:)
Information hiding - now that I can understand.
Data abstraction, too; it all sounds so fine and grand.
But Ada just makes a pretense
   To support inheritance!
So, help me Grady; help me get it into my head!

Chorus:
Help me, Grady; help help me Grady; (6) 
Help me, Grady, yeah, get it into my head!