proof is in the facts...and there are the facts :-)....indeed it is what you anticipated :-). -- St�phane Richard Senior Software and Technology Supervisor http://www.totalweb-inc.com For all your hosting and related needs "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrnbl68f3.6v0.randhol+abuse@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no... > I asked two people that hasn't coded what they understood from the program > below. Here is the answer: > > First test person: > > > with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO; > > Hm, I dont' know this. This Ada.Text_IO must be a specific text or an > order. I guess it is Ada programming. So, use this specific > text/order and do something with this text/order. Probably there is > something that continuous after the final ";" > > > procedure Hello is > > begin > > Put_Line ("Hello World!"); > > end Hello; > > There is probably a starting procedure that is called "Hello". This > procedure starts with the phrase "Hello World!. So, when Hello > procedure starts one has "Hello World!" at the screen. Then the > Hello procedure ends. > > > > Does this code look more easy or more hard to understand than the > > C++ code below. > > > > #include > > > > int main() > > { > > std::cout << "Hello, world!\n"; > > } > > Ei! This is chineese. > (or "greek" for non-Greeks) > > Second test person: > > [About Ada program]: I think it prints Hello World to the screen as > it says Put_Line. > [About C++ program]: This is definiately harder to understand. I mean > what does std:cout mean? > > > Quite what I had anticipated. :-) > > Preben > -- > �I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet. > So who am I to judge.� > - The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radioplay)