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-Thread: 103376,fc52c633190162e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr23.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1172144043.746296.44680@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> <1172161751.573558.24140@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <546qkhF1tr7dtU1@mid.individual.net> <5ZULh.48$YL5.40@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net> <1175215906.645110.217810@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> <1175230700.925143.28490@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> <6XbPh.4025$u03.802@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net> <1175491660.511530.58430@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: why learn C? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.134.100.216 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr23.news.prodigy.net 1175493975 ST000 70.134.100.216 (Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:06:15 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:06:15 EDT Organization: AT&T http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: Q[R_PJSCOHV[RVT[AROR__TDFZ\@@FXLM@TDOCQDJ@_@FNXACNVOPCWZBL[\YUWHANGYZEFNHFZPNLOBUNSS^_LGEVWEY\PHO@YJSSWBBDT\PFD^ESBTXVCCMTD]JCJLE\_IJMFNRY]SWE[S[D_CNB__ZK^VGVCKHA[S@COB^[@ZQSDFQ\BPMS@DZVUKQTJL Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 23:07:02 -0800 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14719 Date: 2007-04-01T23:07:02-08:00 List-Id: "kevin cline" wrote in message news:1175491660.511530.58430@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > > For me, the short reason is that Ada generics are not as powerful as C+ > + templates. The power of C++ templates has enabled me to write > compact, efficient type-safe application code at a very high level in > a way which is not possible in Ada. > Those of us who use Ada write efficient, type-safe application code in Ada all the time and it is certainly possible in Ada. Further, those Ada generics are checked at compile-time. That is a fundamental feature of the language. Richard Riehle