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- From: Adam.Morris@octacon.co.uk (Adam Morris)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 96 16:28:28 GMT
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- Someone was heard to mumble:-
- >> Truth is, Ada has its strengths
-
- And it's weaknesses... Like EVERY other language (in my opinion)
-
- >> and is (for certain projects) far superior to any other structured
- >> language.
-
- and ML is far superior for certain projects, and C is better for other ones,
- and if what you really want is Fortran then that's the best... For a
- particular project then yes Ada or C++ or BCPL or whatever may be the best...
- but for EVERY project there is no one language that is the best every time.
-
- I am quite happy to admit that I prefer programming in C/C++ to programming in
- Basic, but if I want a really small simple thing done I'm willing to use a
- batch file/shell script. If I can do it in that in a couple of minutes why do
- I need to write a fully compiled program that will do it.
-
- Need I add that all of this is my own personal opinions?
-
- BTW in my opinion I won't find a language that is perfect for me until I write
- one that does everything I want in the way that I want it to, even then, you
- may not like it, or you may only like bits of it. And i'm never going to
- write it because my requirements are always changing... :-)
-
- Adam.
-