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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6c96fe0302f04f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-19 13:53:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!mango.news.easynet.net!easynet.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!uio.no!newsfeed.song.fi!newsfeed.kolumbus.fi!not-for-mail From: "Juha Valimaki" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Would you use Ada more if... Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:53:56 +0300 Organization: Elisa Internet customer Message-ID: References: <3D612669.2B0BA48C@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ua96d43hel.dial.kolumbus.fi X-Trace: phys-news1.kolumbus.fi 1029790436 4594 62.248.240.96 (19 Aug 2002 20:53:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@kolumbus.fi NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:53:56 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28223 Date: 2002-08-19T23:53:56+03:00 List-Id: 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