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: 103376,4b4b317e40c35901 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newspeer1.nwr.nac.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!news.albasani.net!news.ecp.fr!u-picardie.fr!proxad.net!cleanfeed1-a.proxad.net!nnrp12-2.free.fr!not-for-mail Return-Path: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: <1157914506.873537.289680@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> <1157938285.427306.42330@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Marius Amado-Alves Subject: Re: Wiki written in Ada? Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:51:12 +0100 To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - zaphen.serversonline.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - ada-france.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - amado-alves.info X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.191.17.134 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Sep 2006 11:55:01 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.191.14.223 X-Trace: 1158659701 nnrp12-2.free.fr 22489 88.191.14.223:47754 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6656 Date: 2006-09-19T11:55:01+02:00 >>> - but it isn't beyond my comprehension! PHP is quick to write, >>> fairly easy to understand and has intuitive interfaces to the >>> front and back ends. > > Marius> - now this is exactly the opposed of my view. > > PHP is perceived as being quicker to write. > > Maybe for small and very simple projects this might be true. > > However, as the code size goes up, productivity goes down, and risk of > security problems goes up. Yes. This is not opposed to what I said. The thing is code size goes up very quickly. For me 1000 lines is already an indicator of "you should be coding in Ada"--and not the large number (1000000?) seen on some ads. Of course here we are using "code size" more as a symptom of reliability requirements and the corresponding code _complexity_. Also efficiency requirements. Clearly requirements for a good wiki. In my lab sometimes we use Moodle (PHP) and the Casbah (Ada) for the same function (writing something or collecting data collectively). The Casbah beats Moodle in speed hands down.