Re: c++ vs ada results

[tmb@ai.mit.edu (Thomas M. Breuel)]

In article <0D010010.63iouh@brain.UUCP> chuck@brain.UUCP (Chuck Shotton) writes:
   The point is that Ada provides facilities in the language that support modular
   design, consistent implementation, and most of all support integration and
   test activities. Freed from the logistics of engineering and implementing
   a system, Ada developers can actually concentrate more on the task at hand
   instead of the mechanics of integrating a system. And, you CAN'T do that with
   just any language.

Both C++ and Ada provide the facilities necessary for "modular design,
consistent implementation, ...". The difference is that Ada enforces
them more strongly, while C++ does not.

Depending on your applications, this can be an advantage or a
disadvantage. In many settings, it is probably the case that the
increase in time required to write some program because of the
inconvenient restrictions that Ada imposes (compared with C++) is
more than made up for by the fact that it enforces consistency
and has better error detection. However, to claim that Ada
"frees you" of anything is probably wrong. Scheme "frees" you,
anything else restricts you in various ways that may or may
not be good for you.

					Thomas.