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-Thread: 103376,a0be06fbc0dd71f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!217.73.144.44.MISMATCH!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!212.113.1.44.MISMATCH!newsrouter.london1.eu.level3.net!level3eu!news!not-for-mail From: Jerry van Dijk Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The future of Ada is at risk Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:24:29 +0100 Organization: Solcon Internetdiensten B.V. (news2.solcon.nl) Message-ID: References: <20071229040639.f753f982.coolzone@it.dk> <47761F1F.6040702@obry.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ftth-212-84-159-210.solcon.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1198956265 18065 212.84.159.210 (29 Dec 2007 19:24:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:24:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LJ8P+g/wHEmP1L3WVmzmZUlZWxk= Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19069 Date: 2007-12-29T20:24:29+01:00 List-Id: >> 1. Many companies are moving away from Ada towards C/C++. Many has >> already moved during the past 10 years. Personally, I always suspected that these were the superior programmers. Me, I am always making mistakes, I can use all the help I can get :-) Doing a project in a c++ class language is like wearing shoes that are a size too small. You may walk as fast as anybody else, but it sure hurts a lot and in the long run will cause all kinds of costly to correct errors. -- -- Jerry van Dijk -- Leiden, Holland -- -- The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese!!