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: 103376,1cf653444208df72 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-15 06:55:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!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 vs. cpp Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:44:18 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9qep7k$qou$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9q7na102nqn@drn.newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1003153460 27422 136.170.200.133 (15 Oct 2001 13:44:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Oct 2001 13:44:20 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:14531 Date: 2001-10-15T13:44:20+00:00 List-Id: "Vector..@" wrote in message news:9q7na102nqn@drn.newsguy.com... > > Yes, it is not part of the language, but it is a standard (POSIX), and > available in all platforms (except may on windows, I am not sure, but > who cares about widnows anyway). > Only a few million users. :-) You can't ignore Windows as a platform even if you don't like it. There are also lots of other systems out there needing to be programmed that may or may not have an OS at all, much less one that implements Posix. The world does not begin and end with Unix, so there is a *big* advantage to being able to build threaded apps from within the language rather than depend on some external standard that may or may not be present on platforms of interest. If I build in Ada, I *know* I have multitasking available to me and that it will work as advertised in a portable way. 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/