Re: ADA vs Java

["Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net>]

"The Wogster" <wogsterca@yahoo.ca> wrote in message 
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> Ted wrote:
>> Writing code in ADA 95 and compiling it for the JVM should produce more
>> reliable code than writing in Java 2. Does anyone know any good technical
>> reasons for prefering Java?
>>
>
> The argument is more like, which language has a more reliable 
> conversation, French or German?  Well people have been having 
> conversations in both, for hundreds of years.
>
> For reliability, a far more important aspect is the experience of the one 
> who is writing the code, and what is their background.
>

So, if I understand what you're saying.  There is no point in developing any 
new tools for sofware development that make programming more efficient or 
reduce defects, because none of that really matters... It is just 
programming tools, and they have been around for decades.

I spend a lot of time keeping track of the new tools that become available. 
I learn advantages and disadvantages of new tools and techniques.  I guess I 
have been wasting my time.

I learned BASIC, FORTRAN, Pascal, and COBOL in school.  I guess I was 
wasting my time when I learned C, C++, Ada, C#, Modula-2, Java, and FORTH.

Realistically, I think it makes sense to do objective research on the use of 
different programming languages, productivity, and defect rates.  It is 
unfortunate that people often disregard the results if such research and say 
"it really doesn't matter... it's just preferance".  Or it's just like 
comparing French and German.

Steve
(The Duck)

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