Re: N best things about Ada?

[Gautier write-only <gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com>]

OK, my list:
First, the facts:

1) The type system: you can work most of the time with value types -
as opposed to C/C++/C#. So you use accesses/pointers/references only
when it makes sense. As a result objects live and die in synch with
the scope where they are defined, (unless you need a longer lifespan,
and then you are using an access). So, away with null references,
dangling pointers, bad cloning surprises and memory leaks that even a
good garbage collector has trouble to catch...

2) Orthogonality between the modularity (packages), the type system
(includes the choice tagged or not), generics - and I miss some

3) Nesting: you can nest sub-programs and packages into other sub-
programs and packages, saving much parameter passing

4) Expressions: you can have explicit expressions for any type,
whetever its complexity

On the taste side (so it's weak arguments: people may prefer the other
way!):

5) Readable, fully-bracketed, intuitive, wysiwyg syntax

6) Errors tend to be detected more on the compile-time phase, so you
can be more productive
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