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 X-Google-Thread: 103376,b30bd69fa8f63cb2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-11 02:31:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: kanze@gabi-soft.fr Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: C bug of the day Date: 11 Jun 2003 02:31:02 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: References: <1054751321.434656@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <82347202.0306101232.16776a81@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.160.54.162 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1055323862 4264 127.0.0.1 (11 Jun 2003 09:31:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Jun 2003 09:31:02 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:38959 Date: 2003-06-11T09:31:02+00:00 List-Id: jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net (Jim Rogers) wrote in message news:<82347202.0306101232.16776a81@posting.google.com>... > I suppose, if your whole experience is using C and / or C++ you would > have a difficult time understanding Ada from a purely intellectual > viewpoint. Some of these understandings must derive from more visceral > experience. Bingo. I've read about Ada. I've even read the Ada standard. I admire Ada. I suspect that it is a really effective language. But until I've actually used it, in a real application of some size, I can't really know. (I also suspect that it has some hidden catches too. Probably less than C++, but it WAS developed by human beings.) And don't read too much into my original comment. I was unaware of the cross-posting to the Ada group, and the point I was trying to make was only that C++ isn't perfect, but that with care, it can be used effectively. To a certain degree, of course, the same can be said of any language -- I'll stand by my statement that a perfect language doesn't exist. But obviously, the amount of care varies according to the language. Perhaps more importantly, where the care is needed varies: one of the most common errors in Java programs is forgetting a finally; in C++, the proper use of destructors make this particular problem almost inexistant. -- James Kanze GABI Software mailto:kanze@gabi-soft.fr Conseils en informatique orient�e objet/ Beratung in objektorientierter Datenverarbeitung 11 rue de Rambouillet, 78460 Chevreuse, France, T�l. : +33 (0)1 30 23 45 16