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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,9ca52c8981c1b86a X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!94.75.214.39.MISMATCH!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: One other possible reason for the C predominance Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:34:04 +0100 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <4af234a8-2294-4e0e-a741-ea7dced2ae62@b22g2000prb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: XQBzyQfeBLgc2RJf6Vcdrg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.01 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18370 Date: 2011-03-22T16:34:04+01:00 List-Id: Le Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:59:16 +0100, Ho=C3=A0ng =C4=90=C3=ACnh Long a = =C3=A9crit: > I don't understand the "same story" you mentioned. Did you mean "Ada > as a glue layer"? I meant, just like C was promoted because at some time in the past, it = appeared to match the architectures in use, may be Ada in the future, = gonna be recognized for the same purpose (as C does not any more, since = at = least about 15 years). But as I also said in a previous message, I am = afraid virtual machines and their languages running only on these virtua= l = machines, will not help to start thinking again (as it seems =E2=80=9Cwe= =E2=80=9D have = stopped thinking). Moreover, virtual machines offers to much opportuniti= es = to replay again and again, the same errors all the time, each time on a = = new virtual machine. That's not good ? Oh, just create a new virtual = machine. Oh, the language fails ? Don't bother, let's create a new virtu= al = machine, the language fails again ? etc, and so on. This offers two poin= ts = (both acting as an exit point for the other), which is perfect to draw a= = loop, and I am afraid we gonna be trapped in this loop. -- = Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es= t pas pour = les chiens. =E2=80=9C c++; /* this makes c bigger but returns the old value */ =E2=80= =9D [Anonymous]