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: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-24 06:34:15 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!feed.news.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!62.2.203.231!not-for-mail From: Vinzent Hoefler Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died (was): 64 bit addressing and OOP Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:33:39 +0200 Organization: JeLlyFish software Message-ID: References: <9fa75d42.0304230424.10612b1a@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304240446.493ca906@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.2.203.231 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1051191254 7999986 62.2.203.231 (16 [175126]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36470 Date: 2003-04-24T15:33:39+02:00 List-Id: softeng3456@netscape.net (soft-eng) wrote: >Ok, I am sure a few instances happened. But if you >had to develop device drivers for a living, and if >the language was truly your choice, would you chose Ada as >the language? Yes. >I think the only "yes" answers would be from >people who only know Ada and/or have never >written a device driver. Well, I know Ada well enough to know that I can express low-level hardware information definitely better, easier and safer than in C. Vinzent. --=20 Parents strongly cautioned -- this posting is intended for mature audiences over 18. It may contain some material that many parents would not find suitable for children and may include intense violence, sexual situations, coarse language and suggestive dialogue.