From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Difference between ADA and c++
Date: 1997/08/27
Date: 1997-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.872654913@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: JSA.97Aug26152737@alexandria.organon.com
Jon says
<<I don't think Brian meant that this would make them easier to read (he
said "superior") I think it would make them more difficult to read,
but in some sense "easier to write"...>>
OK, but the only justification for a feature in Ada is if it makes programs
easier to read, or at the very least is neutral. Any feature that makes
programs more difficult to read is outside the design parameters. Ada has
always favored the reader over the writer in the design!
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1997-08-22 0:00 Difference between ADA and c++ Mr Doshi
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1997-08-23 0:00 ` Nasser
1997-08-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1997-08-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
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1997-08-28 0:00 ` Reasons why Ada is no success yet Joachim Schroeer
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1997-08-29 0:00 ` Difference between ADA and c++ Michael Young
1997-08-23 0:00 ` Library model in Ada. was " Nasser
1997-08-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-24 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-08-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-25 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
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1997-08-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-08-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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1997-08-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-27 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
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1997-08-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-23 0:00 ` Robert Munck
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