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From: Pascal Obry
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Subject: Re: status of Ada STL?
Date: 16 Jun 2002 10:07:04 +0200
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18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) writes:
> The main objection is usually that Ada programmers are too hard to
> find.
No worries, we get the same story from everywhere ;)
> More recently, a top expert (a gcc maintainer) is claiming that
> the STL overcomes many of the objections to C++. If Ada doesn't soon
> have something comparable to STL that is reasonably stable and at
> least on track for standardization, it could be in trouble.
Even if I don't agree with the claim that STL is the solution to have
Ada more widle used, did you look at the Booch Components ?
Every peoples have a "if Ada do that it will not be a dead language"
idea... but at this point there is so much :)
> I also happen to think that Ada's awkward syntax is part of the
> problem. My proposal for a cleaner Ada syntax option can be found at
> http://RussP.org/Ada.htm
Of course this is not Ada anymore... Do you think it is a good idea to
push a new language to have Ada more widely used ?
Pascal.
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