Re: Ada syntax questions

[Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>]

On 2020-12-18 0:39, DrPi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Ada claims to have a better syntax than other languages.


I would say the claim is that the Ada syntax was rationally designed to 
have certain properties, which are desired by certain users (us Ada 
programmers) so it is "better" for us, although some aspects are 
subjective for sure.

In addition to what others have said, here are some further comments on 
the examples you gave:


> 1) What about array indexing ?
> In some other languages, arrays are indexed using square brackets. In 
> Ada, parentheses are used for function calls and for array indexing.


There are proposals to allow [] as well as (), mainly to increase 
familiarity for new Ada users.


> 2) In Ada, a function without arguments is called without any parentheses.


Parameterless functions are rare, and properly so.

Parameterless procedures are much more common. Writing

    Frobnicate_Widget();

is longer than

    Frobnicate_Widget;

and seems to have no advantages over the shorter form.