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- From: ramsesy@rd.scitec.com.au (Ramses Youhana)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
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- Date: 21 Feb 1996 08:05:59 GMT
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- Richard A. O'Keefe (ok@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU) wrote:
- > ramsesy@rd.scitec.com.au (Ramses Youhana) writes:
- > >Another thing not mentioned is that Ada is far more complicated to learn
- > >fully than is C/C++. The complexity of the language can add to an increase
- > >in the probabilty of bugs being introduced and also adds to an increase in
- > >project maintanace costs.
-
- > It is true that Ada (95) is harder to learn fully than C.
- > It is FALSE that Ada (95) is harder to learn fully than C++.
- > <snip>
-
- Since I posted the above, I've been flamed by every man and his dog. The comment
- was based on something I was told at UNI by one of the lecturers, and not out of
- my own experience. I realise it was a stupid comment, however, I wasn't attempting
- to put Ada down. I've also received mail messages from people out there, and in
- particular, one who stated that I could probably learn Ada in about one week.
- I really don't know how difficult the language is to learn, however, from what
- you all have said about it, I'm interested in learning it. Can anyone suggest
- any good books on it (one that reasonably priced) and possibly a good compiler
- for a PC.
-
- Also, according to many of the postings, I'm being given the impression that there
- are plenty of engineering jobs for Ada. I've been looking in the job ads (in Sydney,
- Australia) and I can't seem to find many Ada jobs (as compared with C and C/C++ jobs)
- for engineers. I'm interested to know where these jobs are.
-
- Ramses.
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