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-Thread: 103376,42490cad53ee37fa X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: "Alexander E. Kopilovich" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: NOACE- End of the road for Ada? Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 04:26:57 +0300 (MSK) Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1111109332 43936 212.85.156.195 (18 Mar 2005 01:28:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:28:52 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: ; from "Dr. Adrian Wrigley" at Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:54:16 GMT X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.45 MSDOS] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Original-Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9572 Date: 2005-03-18T04:26:57+03:00 Dr. Adrian Wrigley wrote: > >> What about math and statistics packages? > > > > I don't think that math and statistics are natural domains for Ada... > > especially statistics, where APL seems to be the most suitable programming > > language. > > I strongly think Ada *is* a natural choice for maths/stats/scientific > computing. Well, I meant not just "maths/stats/scientific computing", but what I was asked about - math and statistics packages (that is, libraries for general use), which is another matter. For mathematics the latter manifests separated responsibility, which lifts requirements far above the levels where Ada has advantages vs. C. > You get excellent clarity, robustness and performance. Well, I think if you really need clarity in Ada then you probably should not go outside the limitations of SPARK. Everywhere outside of SPARK you may eventually need support of an Ada expert - and I think that it will preclude claims of clarity.