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: 2001-07-20 06:35:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!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: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 08:56:07 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9j99p9$3va$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <5be89e2f.0107170838.c71ad61@posting.google.com> <5be89e2f.0107180235.726d46a8@posting.google.com> <9j3rrd$g71$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net> <5be89e2f.0107181300.4b4e93d7@posting.google.com> <3B57195E.A3A3FED@home.com> <9j93u6$1ua8$1@norfair.nerim.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 995633768 4074 136.170.200.133 (20 Jul 2001 12:56:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Jul 2001 12:56:09 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:10333 Date: 2001-07-20T12:56:09+00:00 List-Id: To state that C++ is competitive with Ada is almost stating the obvious. C++ has competed with other languages and has a very large share of the market. Ada is nowhere near the market share had by C++. If you mean "competitive" in the sense of productive software development, then in some cases C++ is going to be superior because it provides most of the basic capabilities Ada has in some form, but also has some very serious class libraries (albeit, non-standard and dependent on platform & vendor) available to leverage development. In some apps, Ada will still be superior, because the class libraries may not count for much & the app may demand features that Ada does better. If the intention is on a purely technical level (best possible syntax/semantics, built-in language features, etc.) I would say that C++ has a lot to offer, but that I think Ada still would end up superior. Here in C.L.A., we have a tendency to think about superiority and competitiveness strictly in terms of technical language features rather than environments, specific apps, marketability, etc. So I guess it depends on what race course you want to run on. Once you pick that, it may be that C++ is "competitive" there. 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/ "Bertrand Augereau" wrote in message news:9j93u6$1ua8$1@norfair.nerim.net... > Don't take it as a troll, but the fact that some people here write C/C++ > makes me think they are not aware of all of the C++ features which make it > (I think) able to compete with Ada95, at least for most common applications. >