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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5b3c19b1631bb558 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-01 21:25:45 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!nntp.abs.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!cyclone.swbell.net!nnrp2.sbc.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Pat Rogers" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <39DCB9E3.EAE8F426@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <39F9FCCE.D6719C6F@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <1c9kvs4uvj4ofd46f7a8vq0pju596iu2gr@4ax.com> <39fed7b6@rsl2.rslnet.net> <39FF1DBD.74184FDC@worldnet.att.net> <39ff792d@rsl2.rslnet.net> <39FF8DE3.EC0055B5@worldnet.att.net> <3A00375E.19433DC0@worldnet.att.net> <3a00924a$1@rsl2.rslnet.net> <1b1M5.747$0M1.56645@nnrp3.sbc.net> <3A00ABEE.C563EBBA@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: The best thing/greatest feature summary X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 23:25:34 -0600 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.191.184.67 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net X-Trace: nnrp2.sbc.net 973142741 208.191.184.67 (Wed, 01 Nov 2000 23:25:41 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 23:25:41 CST Organization: SBC Internet Services Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1705 Date: 2000-11-01T23:25:34-06:00 List-Id: "James Rogers" wrote in message news:3A00ABEE.C563EBBA@worldnet.att.net... > > > Pat Rogers wrote: > > > > As a proponent of Ada and a friend of Java, let me say that IMHO it is > > not the ease of use of the Java predefined environment that makes > > people happy. (I assume you mean both that and the APIs that are > > continually being added.) The language itself is rather underpowered; > > hence the environment and the APIs are less than they could otherwise > > be. Rather, it is the *extent* of these APIs that makes the > > difference. > > > > I have to agree with Pat here. The language defined one other feature > supporting a large and evolving list of APIs. That is the Javadoc tool. > This tool allows decent (not great) documentation of Java APIs in a > consistent HTML format from comments in the Java code. I've forgotten who said it first here, but I too believe javadoc is a reaction to a lack of separation between interface and implementation. I still find myself looking at the code to see what's going on, and those darned javadoc comments get in the way. 1/2 :-)