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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-02 12:23:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!opentransit.net!jussieu.fr!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Michal Nowak Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 21:26:54 +0100 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: <3wdH7.20135$xS6.32614@www.newsranger.com> <9tqete0gqc@drn.newsguy.com> <3C0924D6.2B5A3087@adaworks.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1007324583 8590 137.194.161.2 (2 Dec 2001 20:23:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:23:03 +0000 (UTC) To: "comp.lang.ada usegroup->mailing list gateway" Return-Path: In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.20.01.01 (3) Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: vinnie@inetia.pl List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17312 Date: 2001-12-02T21:26:54+01:00 On 01-12-02 at 00:46 Brian Rogoff wrote: >Well, duh! These people must be pretty dumb. Overconstrain the problem and >there are no solutions. Did they think about hiring people who don't know >Ada? Ada is a fairly easy language to learn IMO, *far* easier than C++, >especially if you're willing to omit concurrency. Concurrency is one of the greatest things in Ada. This is one of the reasons I have chosen Ada. It is much simpler to do multithreaded (miltitasking) programs in Ada than in C++. In my opinion the difference between conurrency between Ada and C++ shouldn't be ommited. It shows the advantege of Ada. >> Sadly, they finally decided to use C++ because it was so much easier to >> find programmers. > >It's easier to find Perl and Java programmers too I suppose, or even just >plain old C programmers. This sounds like a lame excuse. Ada is easy >enough to learn. Yes, but when somebody sticks to C-like language for some years (and did not know Ada earlier) and wants to learn Ada fast (or is told to learn fast), in most cases gets nervous and has troubles to succeed. Mike ----------------------------------------- ____| \%/ |~~\ O | o>> Mike Nowak | T | / > vinnie@inetia.pl | http://www.geocities.com/vinnie14pl _|__