From: att-out!cbnewsl!willett@rutgers.edu (david.c.willett)
Subject: Re: Anyone else actually like Ada?
Date: 27 Jul 93 14:38:48 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAtvCs.81n@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> (raw)
Harry Erwin wrote:
> But those are the sorts of applications Ada was specifically designed for.
> People -->should<-- be using Ada there. But they should not be using Ada
> for applications where a fully object-oriented design approach is
> appropriate (test software, simulations, operating systems, more
> generally, message passing systems).
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Harry Erwin
> Internet: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com
> Working on Freeman nets....
Why not? A language may be optimized for "true object-oriented progarmming"
whatever that turns out to be, but I don't see why Ada is inappropriate for
the types of systems you mention. I've heard this critisism made of Ada
before and have not found anyone willing to substantiate it with specific
features or lack thereof. Care to try?
--
Dave Willett AT&T Federal Systems Advanced Technologies
If you want to know --- ASK! -- Linda Ellerbee
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