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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Jon S Anthony Subject: Re: Porting Experiences (was Ada and Pascal etc ) Date: 1997/11/03 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 286845371 Distribution: world References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <34566fe9.447229@news.mindspring.com> <345673af.1413708@news.mindspring.com> <3456b9f3.0@news.eznet.net> <3456e71b.3833189@news.mindspring.com> <3459AC95.1D75@dynamite.com.au> <63bhta$g2e@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <345BB35E.4488@dynamite.com.au> <63ftj9$r9g@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net> Organization: PSINet Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-11-03T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Craig Franck writes: > What is it about Ada that makes it portable? I would say it is the > types of applications being developed, as well as the platforms, > and, perhaps, quality of implementation. I'm not sure that the types of applications or platforms have much to do with it. Quality of implementations, yes, sure. However, I'd say that the major reasons for portability are: a) A pretty darn tight and precise standard. b) Few "implementation defined" areas in that standard which are visible to the programmer's model. Makes a _HUGE_ difference. /Jon -- Jon Anthony Synquiry Technologies, Ltd., Belmont, MA 02178, 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari