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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-30 06:45:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!aaanet.ru!not-for-mail From: "Gary Lisyansky" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 17:43:30 +0400 Organization: AAA Intersvyaz Message-ID: <9k3oa1$2qg8$1@pa.aaanet.ru> References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <9k3l9r$10i2$1@pa.aaanet.ru> <3B656345.64AB603A@sneakemail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.59.110.211 X-Trace: pa.aaanet.ru 996500609 92680 213.59.110.211 (30 Jul 2001 13:43:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.aaanet.ru NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Jul 2001 13:43:29 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10745 Date: 2001-07-30T13:43:29+00:00 List-Id: "Russ Paielli" <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message news:3B656345.64AB603A@sneakemail.com... > Gary Lisyansky wrote: > > Yes, and how popular is Pascal? How popular is C/C++? Thanks for making > my point. Object Pascal (in its Delphi incarnation) is in fact the most popular RAD/database development tool in Europe. It outnumbers even VB there. C++- based RAD/DB tools like Optima++ or C++ Builder have a very few installations. > > > > > > > > Why is it so very important to use = to set a value and then == when you > > > > check it? I have not understood this. > > > > > > Because "=" is the simplest fricking symbol that could possibly be used > > > for assignment. Why is this so hard for Ada programmers to understand? > > > What's so great about ":="? Why not use "$=" or "%="? > > > > It's a change for the sake of change. It doesn't eliminate any serious > > verbosity. ":=" is simply traditional. > > It's a change for the sake of simplicity. Einstein said, "Everything > should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." > > > Ada is a great language and it was mandated by the DoD for years, yet it > is still used very little by hackers or hobbyists. What could explain > that other than the tacky syntax? The reasons are multiple. IMHO, some of them include poor availability of compilers for most widespread hardware in the 80- 90s and many non- technical issues. > > Russ