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From: franke@minet.uni-jena.de (Frank Ecke)
Subject: Re: Fortran or Ada?
Date: 1998/09/23
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Date: 1998-09-23T00:00:00+00:00
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On 22 Sep 1998 11:41:47, Jeff Templon <templon@visar.physast.uga.edu> wrote:

>one other word on Ada ... it is a very complex language.

The world we live in is highly complex.  Ada is a language for a complex world.

>So Ada loses in this respect : there is a lot of language to know.
>This makes it more difficult to write programs, unless one invests
>the time to learn the language well.  This amount of time would
>be less for Fortran.

What about the time to read (and understand) or maintain a program?  Software
Engineering tells us that the time (and money) spent on maintenance outweighs
the time for coding by a considerable amount.  IMHO, Ada builds a bridge
between expressive power and ease of use.


Regards,


Frank

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Frank Ecke <franke@minet.uni-jena.de>


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