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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.lang.ada:5746 comp.lang.c++:14260 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!linus!linus!linus!mbunix!eachus From: eachus@largo.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: c++ vs ada results Message-ID: Date: 20 Jun 91 19:56:14 GMT References: <1991Jun18.041751.3740@netcom.COM> <1991Jun18.122812.18190@eua.ericsson.se> <1991Jun18.220609.19103@netcom.COM> <1991Jun19.170047.25064@software.org> <1991Jun20.140836.24430@scrumpy@.bnr.ca> Sender: news@linus.mitre.org (News Service) Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA. In-Reply-To: stevej@bnrmtl.bnr.ca's message of 20 Jun 91 14:08:36 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: largo.mitre.org List-Id: In article <1991Jun20.140836.24430@scrumpy@.bnr.ca> stevej@bnrmtl.bnr.ca (Steve Juneau) writes: Was all this achievable because you used Ada, or can have be done with any language? IMHO it can be done with any language. Theoretically it can be done in any language, and I even know of cases where it was done that way in COBOL and C. But from a political/mangagement point of view, when using Ada it doesn't require a group of highly qualified and committed people to make it work. There are other languages where it can be made to work easily, such as Modula2, but c++ is not one of them. -- Robert I. Eachus with STANDARD_DISCLAIMER; use STANDARD_DISCLAIMER; function MESSAGE (TEXT: in CLEVER_IDEAS) return BETTER_IDEAS is...