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: 103376,971aa11c293c3db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-18 15:01:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada The Best Language? Message-ID: References: <5be89e2f.0107170838.c71ad61@posting.google.com> <9j1uio$8br$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <5be89e2f.0107171810.1cee29c0@posting.google.com> <9j46bt$3qj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <5be89e2f.0107181237.4ab3594@posting.google.com> Organization: LJK Software Date: 18 Jul 2001 18:00:49 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 995493680 216.44.122.34 (Wed, 18 Jul 2001 22:01:20 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 22:01:20 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10214 Date: 2001-07-18T18:00:49-05:00 List-Id: In article <5be89e2f.0107181237.4ab3594@posting.google.com>, codesavvy@aol.com (codesavvy) writes: > "Marin David Condic" wrote in message news:<9j46bt$3qj$1@nh.pace.co.uk>... >> Well, if Ada has nothing to offer and this is obvious then why are you >> bothering to a) read this newsgroup and b) post to it at all? >> > > Here is what I wrote: > > I think the answer is rather obvious, Ada has nothing to offer that is > substantially better than what C++ offers. > > I didn't say that Ada had nothing to offer, just nothing that is > substantially better than C++. > >> If you have a serious question about Ada and its potential benefits and are >> willing to entertain the possibility that maybe Ada *is* a better choice >> than C++, then we will be more than happy to point to resources for you or >> help you learn the language or answer questions about the language. But a >> blanket statement that seems to be saying "Ada is s**t! Why are you guys >> bothering???" seems more calculated to start a flame war than to get a >> serious question answered. >> > > You must have missed my other post where I stated that Ada 95 is an > excellent language and may actually be better than C++. However, I > don't feel that developer productivity is significantly enhanced with > Ada 95 as opposed to C++. You started with "nothing to offer", but seem to have devolved into "no productivity advantage to offer". The reason I use Ada is not productivity, but correctness.