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: 103376,c78177ec2e61f4ac X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jsa@alexandria.organon.com (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: C++ usage (was Re: ada and robots) Date: 1997/06/24 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 252265513 Distribution: world Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-06-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article Brian Rogoff writes: > > > large number of projects cranking out code. So there probably is a > > > use for C++ qua C++, even if we could make technical arguments that > > > Ada can do the job "better". > > > > I don't mean just "technically". > > I don't understand what you mean here. Simply that there are even simple management/economic reasons why C++ is not a rational choice. The really odd thing is that IME I've seen people actually admit this was true (that an alternative would actually make more sense all around), but then choose C++ anyway "because that is what is being used in the industry". That's basically irrational. > Sure. If I had my way, I'd never write another line of C++. I suppose > Eiffel and OCAML programmers might say the same thing about Ada ;-) :-). CL or ST more likely (actually I don't know OCAML - I presume it is functional?) OTOH, I know a number of Lisp types who don't view Ada as something that sucks. They wouldn't exactly jump at the chance to program in it, but they see its merits. C++ they simply disdain... > > > I just happen to find Ada's flaws far more palatable for those > > > programming tasks for which C, C++, and Fortran are often used. > > > > I hear ya. But, for me, the degree to which C++ sucks puts it in a > > class of its own. > > I have to say I mostly agree, though IMHO Perl comes close. Well, OK you got me. Still, in general, people wouldn't actually suggest using Perl for any sort of large scale programming - would they?? /Jon -- Jon Anthony OMI, Belmont, MA 02178 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari