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: 103376,38159b1b5557a2e7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-19 15:43:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: chris User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031205 Thunderbird/0.4 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: why ada is so unpopular ? References: <49cbf610.0401170627.79c3dfe5@posting.google.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:46:23 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.107.63.68 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net 1074555813 81.107.63.68 (Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:43:33 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:43:33 GMT Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4559 Date: 2004-01-19T23:46:23+00:00 List-Id: Szymon Guz wrote: > Dmytry Lavrov wrote: > >> Military uses. It's answer to question why unpopular. > > I see. But I'd like to know if it is worth learning. I'd like to write a > program and maybe in future earn on that and I still don't know what to > choose ada or C++. I've tried Gtkmm and GtkAda. Gtkmm was easier to use to begin with, but I ran into a problem with the model I was building because I didn't understand C++ too well (templates specifically). In Ada it was easier to build the model because I know the language fairly well, but the view in GtkAda was a little more difficult (or in the way... don't like generically instantiated handlers). It's a trade off. I went for Ada, but only because C++ got on my nerves and I found the Oz documentation too academic... there are enough academics messing with my brain at the minute. ;) Personally I'd try both and see what fits... no wait! I did ;) Chris