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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: 16 Feb 1996 07:20:23 GMT
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- JRFisher (jrfisher@aol.com) wrote:
- > > C/C++ is also superior for six, very practical reasons ...
-
- > You have described market dominance without giving any real reasons to
- > support your thesis that one language is intrinsically superior. Your
- > argument could also "prove" that PC clones are superior to Macs and that
- > Microsoft's bug-ridden programs are superior to it's competitor's
- > products.
-
- > Truth is, Ada has its strengths and is (for certain projects) far superior
- > to any other structured language. Ada is particularly good for large-scale
- > development because a few systems engineers can (if they're good) design
- > the interfaces so that gangs of junior programmers can't screw up the
- > system and turn it into spaghetti.
-
- You'll be surprised how easily both junior (and senior) engineers can turn
- both C/C++ and Ada programs into spaghetti code. The language itself
- doesn't make for a quality system.
-
- Didn't NASA loose a satelite due to a bug in a piece of Ada code?
-
- Ramses.
-