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: 103376,912597791e813f68 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-03 18:56:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Steve" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: advantages or disadvantages of ADA over pascal or modula X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.211.13.75 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1041649011 12.211.13.75 (Sat, 04 Jan 2003 02:56:51 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 02:56:51 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 02:56:51 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32513 Date: 2003-01-04T02:56:51+00:00 List-Id: "karl bowl" wrote in message news:av4c0m$8a4$06$1@news.t-online.com... > I would like to ask anybody to tell me about advantages or disadvantages of > ADA(95) over pascal or modula(2). >From my experience with Ada 95 and Pascal Adavantages of Ada 95: Ada is one language, Pascal has may dialects. Ada includes tasking as a part of the language. Ada has stronger typing. Ada provides better control over procedure parameter access modes. Ada includes modules. Ada is more portable than Pascal Ada has no equivalent to Pascal's "with" statement (if you've maintained a lot of Pascal code, you know why this is an advantage). Since Ada was mandated by the DOD a continued presence is assured. Ada includes machine representation clauses. Advantages of Pascal Pascal includes "Sets" as a part of the language. Pascal is more popular (Delphi, Turbo Pascal) Most of the features (except stronger typing) that are available in Ada are available in one way or another in various dialects of Pascal. They are just not portable and often awkward. I hope this helps, Steve (The Duck) > Many thanks in advance > > Nic > >