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: 103376,52fd60a337c05842 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-13 18:48:14 PST From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ada paper critic Organization: RMIT References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.2 (PPC Mac OS X) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:43:46 +1000 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dale2.cs.rmit.edu.au X-Trace: itsawnews.its.rmit.edu.au 1024019157 dale2.cs.rmit.edu.au (14 Jun 2002 11:45:57 +1000) Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!snewsf0.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net!news1.optus.net.au!optus!newshub1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!vrn.edu.au!131.170.8.40.MISMATCH!itsawnews.its.rmit.edu.au!dale Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25914 Date: 2002-06-14T11:43:46+10:00 List-Id: Immanuel Scholz wrote: > > I am searching for a book or a paper which tend to explain the negative > > aspects on ada. > > Uh, maybe I should add, that my criteria are: stability of the resulting > code, rapid coding and speed of the resulting code (in that order). > > The code should be used in large, distributed applications. > > Any comments speaking against ada? (and, as example in favor of java or > c++?) > > Immanuel Scholz have a look through this newsgroup on "implicit instantiation" and downward closures for coding (not speed) issues. Look for "asynchronous abort" for speed of resulting code. Not quite sure what you mean about "stability of the resulting code". Dale