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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 101b33,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid101b33,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,bab58563a24f525a X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: stt@houdini.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/01/16 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 433363116 Sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com (USENET news) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: houdini.camb.inmet.com References: Organization: Intermetrics, Inc. Followup-To: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java,comp.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.ada Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java,comp.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-01-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Peter (nobody@0.0) wrote: : ... : > One distinguishing feature of Ada is that it gives very good : > low-level control about numerical types and numerical precision : > in a very portable way. C/C++ programmers have to use a lot of dirty : > tricks or configuration files to obtain assurances that Ada : > programmers can just specify directly to the compiler. : I would like to find out more about how Ada handles this. Where does the : Ada standard live? The Ada 95 standard is accessible on-line through the Ada Information Clearinghouse site, www.adaic.org, as well as www.adahome.com, also known as the "Home of the Brave Ada Programmers" ;-). -- -Tucker Taft stt@averstar.com http://www.averstar.com/~stt/ Technical Director, Distributed IT Solutions (www.averstar.com/tools) AverStar (formerly Intermetrics, Inc.) Burlington, MA USA