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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f1a4cf648f2724ee X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-25 16:31:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!freenix!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: ARG asks Ada Community for API Proposals. Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 16:30:31 -0700 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: 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 1022369462 11260 137.194.161.2 (25 May 2002 23:31:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 23:31:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Envelope-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24808 Date: 2002-05-25T16:30:31-07:00 From: Bob Leif To: Simon Wright " Ada and XML are similar huh?" I have sent in an article about this to Ada Letters. Very briefly, Ada and XML both have enumerated types, begins and ends, and range checking. XLM schemas are very similar to the Ada specifications without the subprogram declarations. XML schemas import other schemas and effectively rename with a prefix construct. The commercial success of XLM disproved most of the marketing arguments against Ada. Ada is terse compared to XLM. The XLM languages have a plethora of key words. XLM does not have C like syntax. However, XLM has real marketing, which Ada never had. -----Original Message----- From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org [mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org] On Behalf Of Simon Wright Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 1:03 PM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: ARG asks Ada Community for API Proposals. "Robert C. Leif" writes: > As for the API, it should be based on XML. If we can not have one > programming language, we should limit the number to two. OK so far > Ada and XML are > similar huh? > and complement each other. back to reality :-)