Re: Would you use Ada more if...

["Juha Valimaki" <juha.valimaki@xdsloy.com>]

Well, I would like to choose Ada... I have been using mostly C/C++ so far,
but some time ago I discovered Ada, and I like it. It's just a language and
there are many other factors that affect productivity, so Ada itself may not
be the silver bullet, but it would help. I like to think that Ada is like my
personal assistant that can point out mistakes and guide me. All the effort
that has gone to designing the language and tools is available every time I
compile my code. It's like having an extra worker :-)

(Of course, Ada can be a burden too, for example when I have to interface
other languages. I don't see that as a major problem if I only have to
create a new bindings to something once in a while, but it's time that could
be used more productively.)

Juha