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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.157.51.10 with SMTP id f10mr17041952otc.84.1489506403006; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:46:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.157.3.54 with SMTP id 51mr3527127otv.20.1489506402937; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:46:42 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!u69no3135712ita.0!news-out.google.com!78ni14306itm.0!nntp.google.com!u69no3135702ita.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:46:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=209.197.143.36; posting-account=MRPdDAoAAADUJmZVjnYaoafXFMadSeY1 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.197.143.36 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada From: Olivier Henley Injection-Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:46:42 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:31896 Date: 2017-03-14T08:46:42-07:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 2:52:01 PM UTC-5, Shark8 wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Q9-ftiPVQ&nohtml5=1 At 16:20 he says he would rather program in Ada if... For big games Ada support on console is problematic. For hiring, any decent C++ programmers can get up to speed in Ada in no time, really. The clarity and correctness way compensate any transitioning pain.