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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,971aa11c293c3db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-24 06:35:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news1.ebone.net!news.ebone.net!easynet-monga!easynet.net!newsfeed.esat.net!news.heanet.ie!Colin_Paul_Gloster From: Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org (Colin Paul Gloster) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada The Best Language? Date: 24 Jul 2001 13:53:31 GMT Organization: Dublin City University Message-ID: References: <3B5FDFA0@MailAndNews.com> Reply-To: Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org NNTP-Posting-Host: ns.dcu.ie X-Trace: kenraki.heanet.ie 995982811 6361 136.206.1.3 (24 Jul 2001 13:53:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@kenraki.heanet.ie NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Jul 2001 13:53:31 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.0 (SunOS) Cache-Post-Path: ns.dcu.ie!unknown@camac.dcu.ie X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10510 Date: 2001-07-24T13:53:31+00:00 List-Id: In article , Ted Dennison wrote: "In article <3B5FDFA0@MailAndNews.com>, Vinzent Hoefler says... > >Original Message From Alfred Hilscher > >>What is the superior feature that justifies the creation of C++ at >>a time where Ada were already long available ? > >Kind of backwards compatibility, I guess. It looks like C. That's close. I believe the original reason was an attempt to drag C coders kicking and screaming into the modern era. [..]" Closer. Bjarne Strousup would have had Algol 68 with Classes if he had his way but went for C with Classes to get any sort of uptake.