From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org>
Subject: Re: N best things about Ada?
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:19:32 -0700
Date: 2010-07-08T19:19:32-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <i1618v$98f$1@tornado.tornevall.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <97691fd2-7411-4ccc-bc7b-290aca633cd5@z30g2000prg.googlegroups.com>
On 07/08/2010 05:52 PM, usenet@scriptoriumdesigns.com wrote:
> Serious question: What do you consider the N best things / strong
> points / biggest benefits of using Ada? I'm asking as part of my case-
> building for using Ada at work. Of course I have my own list, but I
> don't have anywhere near the Ada experience of most of you folks.
Off the top of my head:
Separation of spec and body
Application-defined numeric types
High-level, safe concurrency
Early detection of common errors
Great expressiveness
--
Jeff Carter
"When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely
turned his tail and fled."
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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2010-07-09 0:52 N best things about Ada? usenet
2010-07-09 1:23 ` Britt Snodgrass
2010-07-13 19:05 ` Pascal Obry
2010-07-13 19:26 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-07-14 1:12 ` BrianG
2010-07-14 3:00 ` Britt Snodgrass
2010-07-14 3:52 ` Shark8
2010-07-14 19:08 ` Simon Wright
2010-07-09 2:19 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2010-07-09 3:08 ` anon
2010-07-09 8:29 ` tonyg
2010-07-10 5:14 ` anon
2010-07-09 9:18 ` Alex R. Mosteo
2010-07-09 11:52 ` John McCormick
2010-07-09 17:27 ` (see below)
2010-07-12 14:05 ` Shark8
2010-07-12 15:13 ` Robert A Duff
2010-07-12 16:14 ` Shark8
2010-07-12 19:44 ` Simon Wright
2010-07-12 21:06 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-07-13 16:18 ` Warren
2010-07-13 17:21 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-07-13 17:34 ` Warren
2010-07-13 17:51 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2010-07-14 18:46 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-07-14 4:11 ` usenet
2010-07-17 1:18 ` Gautier write-only
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