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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,253505146ffff940 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-10-05 23:56:13 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newsfeed2.news.nl.uu.net!sun4nl!news.csl-gmbh.net!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsrouter.chello.at!news.chello.at!not-for-mail From: "Werner Pachler" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <39DCBA28.E504523B@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> Subject: Re: The greatest feature of the language is .... X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 06:56:12 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.34.135.8 X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.chello.at X-Trace: news.chello.at 970815372 195.34.135.8 (Fri, 06 Oct 2000 08:56:12 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 08:56:12 MET DST Organization: Customers chello Austria Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1009 Date: 2000-10-06T06:56:12+00:00 List-Id: Wes, although i think that you should better ask for "the top 5 advantages" instead of only one here my "five cents": After a couple of years developing with Ada (and C and FORTRAN and...) i think the most valuable issue is the "Ada way of thinking": "In god we trust - anything else we check!" Regards, Werner "Wes Groleau" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:39DCBA28.E504523B@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com... > This is not a troll--please, NO LANGUAGE WARS. > > Suppose someone wanted to invent a new language. (I have > no intention of inventing a new language. This is just my > way of making a comparison.) > > What is the ONE capability of Ada you would most want to ensure is > in the new language? > > and/or > > What is the ONE capability of Eiffel you would most want to ensure is > in the new language? > > and/or > > BRIEFLY, why? > > Please use direct e-mail, however, messages that are too long will be > bounced by the spam-bot (sorry). Also, messages will be auto-sorted, > so please do not change the subject line when replying. ("Re:" or "Fwd" > or add-ons like that are OK but keep the main phrase.) > > I have no intention of inventing a new language. This is just my > way of making a comparison. > > I'll post a summary of responses--unless there are so many I can't > handle them. > > -- > Wes Groleau > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau