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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,971aa11c293c3db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-19 12:26:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news1.ebone.net!news.ebone.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!shale.ftech.net!news.ftech.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!psiuk-p2!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada The Best Language? Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 14:33:53 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9j796h$b2t$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3B59EE1C@MailAndNews.com> <9j74bj$lmp$8@news.tpi.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 995567633 11357 136.170.200.133 (19 Jul 2001 18:33:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Jul 2001 18:33:53 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10269 Date: 2001-07-19T18:33:53+00:00 List-Id: You mean like when I write a program with MSVC++ on a Windows platform and it just moves seamlessly over to a Sun/Unix platform and compiles without any changes with the GNU compiler? (This whole thread has *got* to be a cleverly contrived troll. Can you believe the explosion of responses? Its almost like insulting someone's wife, religion or pickup truck... Iresistable bait!) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Tomasz Wegrzanowski" wrote in message news:9j74bj$lmp$8@news.tpi.pl... > In article <3B59EE1C@MailAndNews.com>, Vinzent Hoefler wrote: > >>What class(es) of programming problems does Ada > >>solve that C++ can't? > > > > What programming problems does C++ solve that Assembly language can't? > > Portable programming.