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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,fec75f150a0d78f5 X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public From: adaworks@netcom.com (AdaWorks) Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada Date: 1996/03/15 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 142909299 sender: adaworks@netcom.netcom.com references: <4hhred$1rn@sun152.spd.dsccc.com> <4i19mg$vkt@azure.dstc.edu.au> <4i4cf2$crm@sun152.spd.dsccc.com> followup-to: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.edu organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.edu Date: 1996-03-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Kevin Cline (kcline@sun152.spd.dsccc.com) wrote: : In fact there were several serious flaws in the Ada-83 language : that made development of hosted applications in Ada-83 more difficult : than developing them in C or C++. I would almost agree, except my view is that Ada 83 shortcomings were more in the category of incoveniences than "flaws." But we are dealing with the new Ada standard. It might be useful for some readers to know that, in our experience teaching Ada 95, the most receptive students tend to be those who already know C++ (as C++). Long-standing attributes of Ada 83 are better understood by the experienced C++ programmer. And the updated features in Ada 95 are easily understood by a C++ programmer. It may very well be the case that the advent of C++ has been one of the more important developments for assuring Ada's long-term survival. Richard Riehle adaworks@netcom.com -- richard@adaworks.com AdaWorks Software Engineering Suite 27 2555 Park Boulevard Palo Alto, CA 94306 (415) 328-1815 FAX 328-1112