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- From: garyp@gvls2.gvl.unisys.com (Gary Palangian)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
- Subject: Re: Review of "Ada & C++: A Business Case Analysis
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- Date: 30 Jul 92 19:42:14 GMT
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- Fred McCall writes:
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- -The tasking model in Ada is incredibly weak. It is considered to be
- -the poorest part of the language by most people I know. I thought
- -this was one of the things that Ada9X was addressing.
-
- and ...
-
- -From what I understand, [bad tasking] is not just an implementation problem.
- -The whole Ada tasking model is inadequate for most uses, even if
- -implemented 'properly'. The problem is with the language
- -specification itself, not with certain compiler implementations of it.
-
- -Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com
-
-
- Hey Now Fredmeister,
-
- What exactly is it about the tasking model that makes it weak? And
- what is the reasoning being used to label the tasking model poor? I have
- never heard anyone use 'weak' and 'poor' to describe tasking in Ada.
- I have heard 'complicated', 'involved', 'design heavy' & 'analysis
- heavy' before (usually in the listed order from increasingly
- competent Ada dudes and dudettes).
-
- What exactly is it about the specification (I guess we're talking
- about the LRM, right?) that makes Ada implementation of tasking a
- problem?
-
- This is very interesting and unusual? Something strange is afoot
- on the comp.lang.ada board.
-
- Gary
-