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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,54c513170bafd693 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu (David Starner) Subject: Re: Desirability of C++ Date: 2000/05/01 Message-ID: <8ekm2g$8i41@news.cis.okstate.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 619486825 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: <01HW.B4BFC2820005B06B08A24140@news.pacbell.net> <01HW.B4C1346100072D2408A24140@news.pacbell.net> <949867976.281549@the-rowan.albatross.co.nz> <8766v93w66.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> <38E8C81A.AA62CF4C@HiWAAY.net> <7EA1B852F5D4D8C6.26EEE9181C80F0DF.0161EA2D9C353253@lp.airnews.net> <01HW.B51C1B6E00F41C2D04BB51B0@news.pacbell.net> <38F796B2.A99A206A@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <38F7A27A.4F7729FA@raytheon.com> <8eclae$afj$1@slb7.atl.mindspring.net> <4F706057FEE2A550.BF5FE19AE279EFCD.A55706B3F9D07043@lp.airnews.net> <8eiv08$820$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net> <390D001C.7433140B@netwood.net> <390D58F9.7CC64B85@maths.unine.ch> <390D97DC.241E7CCD@netwood.net> <8ekfoo$8q61@news.cis.okstate.edu> <87og6qnld8.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Organization: Oklahoma State University Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On 01 May 2000 21:03:47 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: >dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu (David Starner) writes: > >> * Look at the Linux distributions. Debian, the only one I know of to actually >> include GNAT, has no non-Ada related programs in the distribution. Many >> programs written in C++ are in the distribution. > >I wonder if there's a single piece of non-trivial free software >written in Ada which is not Ada-related. Can you name one? No. I've been working in that direction, but all of my free software work has been haphazard. >> * Look at Debian's popularity contest. 700 people have G++ installed, with >> 500 having upgraded or used it recently. 40 people have GNAT installed, with >> 22 having upgraded or used it recently. > >These numbers aren't very meaningful. They are a self-selected group, but automatically reported. I can't think of any massive bias either way, so IMO the numbers are roughly accurate. >For example, I use GNAT >regularly on Debian, but I prefer to use J�rgen Pfeifer's RPMs. Why? (If you'd prefer to take it off the newsgroup into email, I'd understand, but as a fellow Debian user and (hopefully) future maintainer, I'm really interested in the answer.) -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org The hell that is supposedly out there could be no worse than the hell that is sometimes seen in here.