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 10.176.80.33 with SMTP id b30mr410232uaa.29.1481874947834; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:55:47 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.63.164 with SMTP id r33mr68932otc.10.1481874947789; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:55:47 -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!p16no750787qta.1!news-out.google.com!u18ni11991ita.0!nntp.google.com!b123no620301itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:55:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=78.192.88.225; posting-account=21X1fwoAAABfSGdxRzzAXr3Ux_KE3tHr NNTP-Posting-Host: 78.192.88.225 References: <5f542dff-8dd0-49b8-8228-3ccc8248c57d@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: C# new features (v.7) From: Hadrien Grasland Injection-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 07:55:47 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:32868 Date: 2016-12-15T23:55:47-08:00 List-Id: Le jeudi 15 d=C3=A9cembre 2016 13:49:20 UTC+1, Alejandro R. Mosteo a =C3=A9= crit=C2=A0: > On 14/12/16 20:28, Shark8 wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 6:29:47 AM UTC-7, gautier...@hotmail= .com wrote: > >> I've come across a list of new features in the upcoming version of C#. > >> Funnily, a good half are already in Ada - four of them actually alread= y in Ada 1983 ! > > > > That's really interesting, and slightly funny, and slightly sad. >=20 > It's very sad. I can't say how much I miss range-constrained numeric=20 > types in Java/C++. Another Ada'83-ism to be rediscovered. >=20 > And tasking? Every time I see C++ people fumbling with low-level=20 > semaphores I want to cry. No language (that I know) comes even near Ada= =20 > tasks + protected combo. No wonder multithreading is sold as some kind=20 > of miracle when some program uses it properly. To be fair, Ada has no equivalent to C++'s portable atomics either. C++ the= se days is mostly marketed as a low-level infrastructure to build performan= ce-critical libraries in, whereas Ada is more designed like a high-level en= d-user solution, and these diverging design goals lead to different design = choices. > Sad =C3=81lex.