Re: Ada and Java/C++

["J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>]

Le 27/08/2012 15:44, kalvin.news@gmail.com a �crit :
> 
>If something looks familiar to something that you already know, it
> appears more appealing compared to something that you don't know.
> Lisp, Forth and APL are good examples of this. If Java wouldn't be so
> similar to C/C++, it may have not become the mainstream language.
> Think about situation in which Java would have used syntax similar to
> APL or Forth.

Number 1 quality of Ada is readability: if you change the syntax, you
will badly hurt it. And to not surprise C-programmers, you'll have to
reintroduce the crazy syntax of switch statements, with mandatory break...

Also, what often frightens C-ers is that types cannot be mixed at will.
Would you reintroduce automatic type promotion? No thanks.

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