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: 103376,57654867e5205348 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-08 07:33:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.arcor-online.net!uucp.gnuu.de!newsfeed.stueberl.de!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: "Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: C# should be last plain-text language Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 18:29:41 +0300 (MSK) Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <97f98cd5.0402070314.2678974e@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1076254285 94052 80.67.180.195 (8 Feb 2004 15:31:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:31:25 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <97f98cd5.0402070314.2678974e@posting.google.com>; from Amir Yantimirov at 7 Feb 2004 03:14:26 -0800 X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.44 MSDOS] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p5 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5338 Date: 2004-02-08T18:29:41+03:00 Amir Yantimirov wrote: > Generally, I think, existent programming languages are good enough > for solving current programing tasks. Troubles come not from what tasks > are difficult but from what they are numerous. This problem lies > outside of language domain. And any new improvements as Ada 20XX or > C++ 20XX cannot change this fact. > > The lesson of most productive environment I work with (C++ Builder) > is that language is only part of development system. And the most > effective addition to language are those what helps language better > integrate with whole system. As you mentioned (Borland) C++ Builder, you must know the language element, which is fairly critical for Delphi and then C++ Builder integration abilities - "property". I always thought that this language element would be useful in Ada, but it does not seem a simple task to add it properly. I tried that several times, but failed so far. Alexander Kopilovitch aek@vib.usr.pu.ru Saint-Petersburg Russia