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- From: Chris Littlejohns <chris@cmlj.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 23:40:15 +0000
- Organization: Rational Software
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- Ramses Youhana wrote:
- >
- > 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.
-
- The only area of Ada that I've observed people having real difficulty
- with is Tasking. However, concurrent threads is something that a lot of
- people have difficulty with irrespective of the language.
-
- With regards to maintenance, there's many people out there who consider
- C/C++ a Write only language. It takes real talent to write an unreadable
- Ada program. I know what I'd prefer any day, and it begins with 'A'.
-