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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,1cf653444208df72 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-03 19:40:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.71!wnfilter1!worldnet-localpost!bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jeff Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ada vs. cpp Organization: na Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 02:40:04 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.89.134.248 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1002163204 12.89.134.248 (Thu, 04 Oct 2001 02:40:04 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 02:40:04 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13699 Date: 2001-10-04T02:40:04+00:00 List-Id: On 3 Oct 2001 20:42:29 GMT, "Ralph M�ritz" wrote: >Greetings, > >I've spent sbout 2 months learning cpp, and now I've discovered ada! >I can't decide whether to carry on dev. my project ic cpp or rewrite in >ada, because it means ppl dev. with me will have to learn ada.(sigh) > >Is it worthwhile to rewrite, if so, why? >Could I save the cpp code somehow so that I don't have to maybe rewrite? > >Thanks ;-) My short answer is to stick with C++. The best way to learn a language is to use it. I have been doing embedded software in the defense industry for 17 years. While I personally like Ada, I am seeing a number of product lines being converted from FORTRAN and Ada to C++. Java is also an alternative that is similar to C++ but without many of the gotchas. The defect rate due to coding errors is higher in C++ than Ada but for an adventure game this is probably not a critical concern for you. Other things to consider are your career goals. BTW the proper spelling is Ada with a capital A since the language is the first name of a famous woman. Jeff