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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a8985ede8fe3d111 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-03 16:37:01 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!milod From: milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo) Subject: Re: Is Ada the future? [was: Is C++ the future?] Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <36h4pc$9dd@starbase.neosoft.com> <36msgr$qq2@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 21:06:28 GMT Date: 1994-10-03T21:06:28+00:00 List-Id: dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller) writes: >In article , Robin Rowe wrote: >><< In the meantime, I have a responsibility to write reliable software. >>Ada 9X does that for me in ways that C++ folks are now only dreaming >>about. >> >> >>What Ada 9X dreams am I supposed to be having? How about a >>list of ways that Ada 9X can make more reliable software >>than C++? >> >Is this a serious question? If it wasn't I'll second it and make it one. > Range checking, Trivially provided in C++ classes that need it. > Type checking within generics, C++ provides this for every definition of that phrase that I can think of. I can only assume that you mean something else. Please elaborate. > standardized concurrency Granted. > safe pointers Can be provided, but not legislated. In any case, for programs of more than trivial com- plexity, raw pointers are generally wrapped in safe classes. The real problem is refer- ences to temporaries. > etc. Oh, now *this* one is *definately* provided by C++. In spades! ;-> More seriously, have ya got anything else? >Let's try it this way, here's a couple of papers >to read that present a fairly unbiased comparison: Thank you, I will read them. -- c'iao, milo ================================================================ John DiCamillo Pinin' for the fjords? milod@netcom.com What kind of talk is that?