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,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Richard Krehbiel Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada? Date: 1997/04/11 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 232293886 References: <5ijb6a$q89@lotho.delphi.com> Organization: Kastle Systems Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-04-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: tmoran@bix.com writes: > In Richard Krehbiel said: > >Here's a bit of research you can do yourself. > > > >Can you go to the computer store and buy Microsoft Visual Ada 5.0? > >Borland Turbo Ada? Watcom Ada 4.0? Can you find *anybody's* Ada > >compiler at the local Comp USA store? No. > To which the obvious response is: Can you skip going to the computer > store and instead simply download for free Microsoft or Borland or > Watcom's C or C++ for PCs (DOS, Windows, or OS/2) and various Unix's? > (see ftp cs.nyu.edu pub/gnat) Yes, I know about GNU Ada. I don't mean to disparage Ada as a language in any way. When I get the time, I'd love to learn it and do some tinkering. There is apparently a lot to admire about the language, and it may well be the better language. It's too bad getting into the language is as difficult as it is. I'd really welcome Borland Turbo Ada myself. > But hopefully not too many *professionals* decide on their tools > based on what Home Depot or Comp USA or Microsoft is pushing today. In fact many professionals must look at what's being "pushed" ("pulled" really; the market demands C and C++ more than it does Ada, and vendors are responding to demand) and choose tools with better support, wider availability, and larger experience base. -- Richard Krehbiel, Kastle Systems, Arlington, VA, USA rich@kastle.com (work) or richk@mnsinc.com (personal)