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: 103376,971aa11c293c3db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-06 02:10:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!drn From: stoog@x Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada The Best Language? Date: 6 Aug 2001 01:13:51 -0700 Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://newsguy.com] Message-ID: <9kljjv03j2@drn.newsguy.com> References: <3B59CD72@MailAndNews.com> <3B5573DA.5ABA8EA7@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-918.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Direct Read News v2.80 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11341 Date: 2001-08-06T01:13:51-07:00 List-Id: In article <3B5573DA.5ABA8EA7@earthlink.net>, "Marc says... > >Ada's strong typing produces "information dense" code. Simple >declarations, like that of Altitude above, inherently provide >information that would otherwise have to be explicitly maintained or >derived when using other languages. > >Marc A. Criley exactly. this simple fact, is one of the most powerfull features of ada. after so many years, it is still to this day very clear that ada is the best engineered computer language out there.