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 X-Google-Thread: 103376,def01441310021b3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-18 06:33:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!128.39.3.168!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: randhol+abuse@pvv.org (Preben Randhol) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Will (abstract) Ada code improve over time ? Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:33:36 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3B557455.B3ADFEE@ffi.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 995463216 9500 129.241.83.82 (18 Jul 2001 13:33:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:33:36 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.1 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10153 Date: 2001-07-18T13:33:36+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:34:45 +0200, Reinert Korsnes wrote: > Hi, > > Since Ada code is (supposed to be) on a higher abstraction level > than for example C, does this mean that we can expect > new compilers and hardware over time (10 years ?) will make > a program made in Ada more efficient/faster than a similar C program ? As I "see" the future the following keywords will be more important than a slight improvement in the speed of a running program: 1. Development Cost 2. Maintainability Cost 3. Reliability And as I see it, Ada 95 is better equipped to satisfy in all these areas than C. -- �Don't use C; In my opinion, C is a library programming language not an app programming language.� - Owen Taylor (GTK+ developer) Use Ada 95, a free language. More info at http://www.adapower.com/