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- From: pitre@n5160d.nrl.navy.mil (Richard Pitre)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- Date: 27 Feb 1996 18:15:57 GMT
- Organization: Naval Research Laboratory
- Message-ID: <4gvhot$32j@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- References: <dewar.825427437@schonberg>
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- In article <dewar.825427437@schonberg> dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
- > Nasser asks
- >
- > ": This is the essence of the Ada culture: top-down control where
- > : programmers are subordinates of the lead architects and managers.
- >
- > : Other languages -- specifically C++ -- focus on simplifying the
- > : programming activities while sacrificing some of the ease of control.
- >
- > Would somebody from Rational care to explain what aspects of C++ they believe
- > simplify the programming activity compared to Ada?"
- >
- > I am not from Rational :-)
- >
- > but here is my answer anyway, just one example.
- >
- > If a programmer wants to do a weird unchecked conversion, in C++ you just
- > go ahead and write a cast and that's the end of it.
- >
- > In Ada, you have to make a big production of things, with
- unchecked_Conversoin,
- > instantiated it, and then use it.
- >
- > Not only is this more work, but you might find some pesky rule saying that
- > only certain units in the program are permitted to with Unchecked_Conversion
- > (an example of top down control).
- >
- > ------------------------------------
- > The interesting thing about the above reply is that a C fan could read it
- > as supportive of C/C++ :-) :-)
- >
- > I am not saying all C programmers would read it this way, just some!
-
- So, Mr. Dewar, you are a very funny man and we are entertained. Are you or are
- you not a code communist? Just answer yes or no. There is no room for any of
- your brainwashed propaganda here. Do you or do you not believe in the right
- of a programmer to do anything that a the C++ parser God will accept including,
- but not limited to, the destruction of the programmers own genitalia and other
- extremities? Don't be afraid. Just relax and answer the question. No one here
- wants to hurt you. We just want to Xray your brain with this machine controlled
- by the latest in free world software technology.
-