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From: Natasha Kerensikova <lithiumcat@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: S-expression I/O in Ada
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:34:41 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2010-08-29, Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> wrote:
> On 08/29/2010 03:45 AM, Natasha Kerensikova wrote:
>>
>> I find compiler issues to be the weakest point of Ada: documentation is
>> pretty well hidden, installation is a mess, and there is that
>> project-file stuff which seems almost as complicated as Ada language
>> itself, while being compiler-dependant. Coming for a C world where
>> everything is simpler and well documented in manual pages...
>
> Make files are simple? I still don't understand them completely ...

I depends on what you're trying to with them. I agree that makefiles can
be pretty obscure, but that usually happen when you're trying to make it
do more than it was meant to.

Now honestly I have not looked into project files yet, so I have no idea
of their expressive power or clarity.

However project files are specific to Ada, while makefiles have a much
broader use, which makes them more useful as a standard and a more
rewarding time investment.



Thanks for the discussion,
Natasha