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- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
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- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 20:30:08 GMT
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- Kevin Cline (kcline@sun152.spd.dsccc.com) wrote:
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-
- : In fact there were several serious flaws in the Ada-83 language
- : that made development of hosted applications in Ada-83 more difficult
- : than developing them in C or C++.
-
- I would almost agree, except my view is that Ada 83 shortcomings were
- more in the category of incoveniences than "flaws." But we are dealing
- with the new Ada standard.
-
- It might be useful for some readers to know that, in our experience
- teaching Ada 95, the most receptive students tend to be those who already
- know C++ (as C++). Long-standing attributes of Ada 83 are better
- understood by the experienced C++ programmer. And the updated features
- in Ada 95 are easily understood by a C++ programmer.
-
- It may very well be the case that the advent of C++ has been one of the
- more important developments for assuring Ada's long-term survival.
-
- Richard Riehle
- adaworks@netcom.com
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