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,f51e93dacd9c7fca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-22 03:26:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!yellow.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!netnews.com!opentransit.net!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!151.189.0.75.MISMATCH!newsfeed.arcor-online.net!news-x2.support.nl!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!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: status of Ada STL? Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:12:01 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3D0D18D5.2020601@telepath.com> <4519e058.0206170611.260a3951@posting.google.com> <4519e058.0206180630.b6ef8cd@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1024665122 11925 136.170.200.133 (21 Jun 2002 13:12:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Jun 2002 13:12:02 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:26591 Date: 2002-06-21T13:12:02+00:00 List-Id: To most Ada users, the syntax is not "klunky" and it is the least of their concerns. Ada may shrivel up and die - but it won't be because of the syntax. It may die because programmers don't like the rigid structure - prefering to be "free spirits". It may die because programmers don't like its type safety or its tasking model or its method of supporting OO Programming or a dozen other more "global" and "serious" concerns. But it won't die because the syntax for assignment is ":=" instead of "=". I've got to believe that most programmers are more "grown up " than that and can get over their personal preferences for this style or that style of syntactic notation to look at the much more significant issues of how well the language does the work that they want to do. Try researching the criticisms that have been leveled against Ada in various newsgroups, websites, articles, etc. You'll easily find a lot of them. You won't find much reference to "klunky" syntax among the criticisms. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Russ" <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message news:bebbba07.0206201447.7d70511d@posting.google.com... > > So we agree that Ada is a technically superior language -- and it had > the mother of all "moneybags" solidly behind it in the form of a > mandate. I wonder why it isn't as popular as C, C++, and Java. Could > the klunky syntax be a part of the problem?