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: 10db24,fec75f150a0d78f5 X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: adaworks@netcom.com (AdaWorks) Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada Date: 1996/03/22 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 143672179 sender: adaworks@netcom4.netcom.com references: <4ikbar$g0k@tpd.dsccc.com> <4isvac$kek@tpd.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: 1996-03-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Kevin Cline (kcline@sun132.spd.dsccc.com) wrote: : The problem I had with Ada-83 was that I became responsible for : the creation of these packages. In C or C++, I would have had : a ready-made API. Yet another Ada project start-up cost that a C : developer would not have to pay. : -- : Kevin Cline Kevin, I agree that it was frustrating to purchase a compiler and discover that the compiler publisher forgot to include platform-specific I/O packages. This was in part due to the idea that all one had to do to provide an Ada compiler was pass the validation suite. Hardware vendors were particularly culpable on this one. With a little luck, we will see the compiler publishers paying attention to need for their compiler to actually work on the devices attached to the operating system for which their compiler is intended. Before I get flamed too badly, not all compiler publishers were at fault on this. And many got better as they got more mature in their understanding of the needs of their customers. 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