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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.99.1.201 with SMTP id 192mr653527pgb.156.1481798768176; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 02:46:08 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.56.132 with SMTP id p4mr54764otc.20.1481798768135; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 02:46:08 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!75no316632ite.0!news-out.google.com!u18ni7445ita.0!nntp.google.com!b123no320364itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 02:46:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=165.225.80.114; posting-account=bMuEOQoAAACUUr_ghL3RBIi5neBZ5w_S NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.225.80.114 References: <1905815374.502825168.454102.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <877f7b5llo.fsf@nightsong.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Introductory Presentations, especially aimed at C++ programmers! From: Maciej Sobczak Injection-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 10:46:08 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:32844 Date: 2016-12-15T02:46:07-08:00 List-Id: > I suspect your customer was looking for an excuse not to use Ada. No, you got it backwards. Hint: think about that customer's customers. Ada is a niche language that needs to actively compete for its place in the programmer's mindset. Being slower than equivalent C (or C++, where you will find the std::getline function) is not the right way to compete. Let's please stop with this "premature optimization" nonsense. Most of the software needs to be designed for performance up-front and this in particular (general-purpose libraries) is a very good example. -- Maciej Sobczak * http://www.inspirel.com