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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,41100a78496a4c71 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-29 16:48:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!deine.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: AdaGames Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:15:36 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <98104da8.0203280310.143a1c18@posting.google.com> <3CA3CE3A.FA587CCD@san.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1017411337 26535 136.170.200.133 (29 Mar 2002 14:15:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Mar 2002 14:15:37 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21865 Date: 2002-03-29T14:15:37+00:00 List-Id: Some languages are providing class libraries that let you create "active objects" which certainly helps with multitasking. I don't know of any other languages that have tasking built in as direct syntactic features of the language. (I might be wrong - but at least for the biggies like C++ & Java, I believe this is the case.) While I admit I don't know much about the active objects that may be supplied with C++ or Java, my understanding from other people is that you still need to do some work to control the communication & synchronization between the tasks. In general, I think it would be easier to do a multi-tasking application in Ada than in most other languages. Not that you *can't* do it in C or C++ or Java - just that because of the direct language support, you get a leg-up on it. Now the "standard GUI" part is another story. AFAIK, C++ doesn't have a "standard" GUI, but Java sort of does by virtue of its class libraries. Here you might get an edge that buys back any loss for dealing with tasking. That's a big reason to prefer another language over Ada - and one reason why Ada ought to define some collection of libraries as a "standard". (Ada could have an edge here - coming along second with a class library means you get to learn what works well and what sucks about everyone else's libraries, right?) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Darren New" wrote in message news:3CA3CE3A.FA587CCD@san.rr.com... > > Well, not as easily done in other languages that lack tasking features. > Many languages have tasking features built in, tho, as well as standard > GUIs. >