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From: Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java
Date: 1999/01/17
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Mike Coffin <mhc@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:

> Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org> writes:
> > This is throwing the baby out with the bath-water.  Ada95 and C++ are
> > both static languages, just like C.  It is no more difficult to
> > statically determine storage requirements using those higher-level
> > languages than it is for C.
> > 
> > In this day and age, there is very little reason to continue using C.
> 
>  Scene: the water cooler in a good sized company.
>  Dramatis personae: manager and programmer.
> 
>  The curtain rises...
> 
>  manager: You should use C++ or Ada.  They're higher level than C.
> 
>  programmer: But I hate them.
> 
>  manager: But they're higher level!  
> 
>  programmer: Yeah, right.  When it first appeared, Ada was the
>          laughingstock of programmers everywhere for its insane
>          complexity and C++ has managed to outdo it.
[rest of dialog snipped]

This response contains no substantive information.  If vague criticisms
like "Ada is complex" are the best you can do, then I must conclude that
you don't really know Ada.

If you'd like to learn Ada, then you can download gnat, a free,
high-quality Ada95 compiler that's part of the gcc family.

<http://www.gnat.com/>

There are also Ada95 tutorials at the Home of the Brave Ada Programmers.

<http://www.adahome.com/>