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,a761e7b998e88184 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!14bb18d8!not-for-mail Sender: mheaney@MHEANEYX200 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada, open source software and Linux References: <1110208935.468255.37180@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> From: Matthew Heaney Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 17:54:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.149.57.125 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net 1113069283 24.149.57.125 (Sat, 09 Apr 2005 10:54:43 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 10:54:43 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10363 Date: 2005-04-09T17:54:43+00:00 List-Id: fmdf@tiscali.it writes: > Some subjects that come to my mind are: what is Ada, some History, who > use it, why Ada (readability, expressiveness, maintainability, > efficiency, reliability, times and costs, portability, etc.), a few > notes about Ada and C/C++ safety and reliability, and eventually a > mini-tour of the main features and strenghts, Linux support of Ada > (GCC/GNAT, GDB, GPS, GtkAda, etc.). Ada 2005 (which will be finalized sometime this summer) will include a container library not unlike the C++ STL. The library includes vectors, lists, sets, and maps. The sets and maps have both ordered and hashed versions. The reference implementation of the container library is all open-source (using the GNAT Modified GPL license): > I am particularly afraid of many C/C++ programmers won't bother even > to hear about Ada or any other language. Any C++ programmer with even modest familiarity with the STL will be instantly at home with Ada's new container library.