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: 1014db,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Tim McGuire Subject: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because... Date: 1996/07/15 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 168869788 references: <31daad10.57288085@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <4rgqp7$iv6@btmpjg.god.bel.alcatel.be> <31e02c32.342948604@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <4rvr2j$2gb0@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII organization: Three Bubbas InnaNet. mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c Date: 1996-07-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: If assembly is just as easy as high-level languages, why were high-level languages created??? > Robert Dewar (dewar@cs.nyu.edu) wrote: > : Kevin says > > : "I do the same in C. The problem is that Ada won't *let* you use your superior > : skill, i.e., nothing is gained by it. For someone who knows what they're > : doing, it's just as easy to write good, clean, safe code in C (or assembly, or > : *any* language) as it is in Ada." > > : Maybe you have superior skill as a C coder, but clearly you know nothing > : about Ada to make such a clearly incorrect statement. Please give a single > : example that backs up your claim. As for the idea that it is just as > : easy to write good, clean, safe code in assembler as in a high level > : lanvguage -- that is clearly also nonsense, and here is extensive data > : to establish that this is more than just a matter of subjective opinion. > > : Of course you could always claim to be the only person that knows what > : they are doing, and then refuse to demonstrate that you don't :-) > > bingo! > > Kevin, > I intentionally repeated the above statements of Robert in full length > because I fully agree with every single word. > Please note, Kevin, that Robert was extremely polite and diplomatic > in your case, more than you deserve. > In order to keep the level of behavior in comp.lang.ada high > I will control myself, too. > I hope you are able to read in-between the lines. :-| > > -- > Peter Hermann Tel:+49-711-685-3611 Fax:3758 ph@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de > Pfaffenwaldring 27, 70569 Stuttgart Uni Computeranwendungen > Team Ada: "C'mon people let the world begin" (Paul McCartney) > > \^^^^^^^^/ (.) (.) --------------------------.oooO-- (__) --Oooo.---------------------------- ! ________ /`|`\ +------------------------------------+ ! _....._/|__|____\..___../ | | | Tim McGuire | <|~oooo _____ c===-|---+ tmcguire@superior.net | !\...___/~~~~~\_____..___---.|,/ | http://www.superior.net/~tmcguire/ | ! / |~~|__..-` 0 +------------------------------------+ < | "I believe it's time for me to fly..." (o) -REO Speedwagon