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From: Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Advice on selling Ada to a C shop
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:23:04 +0000 (UTC)
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Peter C. Chapin expounded in
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> Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> 
>> Showing examples are one excellent way to illustrate Ada advantage
>> over C. 
> 
> Putting Ada up against C seems so unfair... like kicking a man when
> he's down! A comparison of Ada and C++ seems more appropriate. I
> realize that's not what the original poster is talking about.

Talking about C++ is only appropriate if these developers
already know/use C++ for other projects. Otherwise, it 
seems to me rather pointless to bring in another variable.

But I think one practical selling point, to achieve a
"comfort level", is to show them examples of how Ada can
interface with C.  This way, whether they actually
need to call C routines or not, they will have the confort
of knowing that they can, with little difficulty.

Warren