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-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,84bf0ec36cf20893 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-22 00:17:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!news.mailgate.org!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!freenix!wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail From: Pascal Obry Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Would an *AdaScript* language be a good / bad idea? Date: 22 May 2002 09:17:14 +0200 Organization: Home - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry Message-ID: References: <5ee5b646.0205140618.2d789fc9@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0205151846.4b14a73f@posting.google.com> <87lmadns60.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: avelizy-103-1-3-105.abo.wanadoo.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: wanadoo.fr 1022051833 15614 217.128.47.105 (22 May 2002 07:17:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 May 2002 07:17:13 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24502 Date: 2002-05-22T07:17:13+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol writes: > Agreeing with your point I would say that using Ada as a "scripting > language" is when you write write-once-never-read hacks to do a simple > task like manipulating some text or other. I have done this several > times and surprisingly it is very easy to do fast and > correctly in Ada. In Ada maybe, with GNAT for sure with: GNAT.Command_Line GNAT.Directory_Operations GNAT.Directory_Operations.Iteration GNAT.Dynamic_Tables GNAT.Regexp GNAT.Regpat GNAT.Spitbol GNAT.AWK GNAT.Expect Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595