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: 103376,8e0cb57b5e30a8be X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news4.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fi.sn.net!newsfeed2.fi.sn.net!nntp.inet.fi!central1.inet.fi!inet.fi!read3.inet.fi.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Sender: AWI003@FIW9430 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Java wrappers around Ada? References: <1143032491.488772.259820@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> From: Anders Wirzenius Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 06:57:40 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.251.142.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@inet.fi X-Trace: read3.inet.fi 1143097060 194.251.142.2 (Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:57:40 EET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:57:40 EET Organization: Sonera corp Internet services Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3567 Date: 2006-03-23T06:57:40+00:00 List-Id: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes: > > Rewriting correct code solely for the purpose of getting it into another > language is always fraught with peril. That includes going to Ada. In a learning situation when the code is not used for other purposes than training and thus the correctness of the code is not a major issue, I have found rewriting code in another language quite effective. I have learned something about both languages, especially the differences between them. -- Anders