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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: An Ada Advice Inquiry
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 22:05:15 -0400
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Justin Gombos <rpbkbq.xax.gld@uluv.kbq> writes:

> On 2007-05-08, Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 8 Maj, 04:42, Justin Gombos <rpbkbq.xax....@uluv.kbq> wrote:
>>
>>> An Ada implementation is considerably more complex.
>>
>> This statement is inconsistent with the usual criticism of C++ as
>> the most difficult to parse, with too many exceptions and
>> self-conflicting standard.
>
> I would agree that C++ is more difficult to parse, but it's only
> inconsistent with one element of the total effort.  The parsing
> difficulty is only a marginal factor...

Yes, I agree that the parsing difficulties with C++ are a minor issue,
compared to other things.  There are well-known techniques (ugly
kludges) for dealing with parsing of C++.  Anyway, the parser is
just a small part of an Ada or C++ compiler.

- Bob