Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/12/30/16:33:55
In article <386998e5 AT news1 DOT jps DOT net>, "Mike Silva" <mjsilva AT jps DOT net> wrote:
>Ada was actually designed to meet a Department of Defense requirement for a
>language to develop very large and reliable embedded programs. The current
>version, Ada95, is an excellent general-purpose language that can be
>compared in scope to C++, while making it much easier to write correct,
>error-free code -- hence its frequent use in aircraft systems, traffic
>control, medical equipment, etc. It's also got built-in concurrency.
Ada is a nightmare. While it may look good on paper it sucks
for embedded programs. True it was designed by committe for the
military but it does not comprare with C.
Many military programs because ot the nature of a high reliabilty
being required do not use ADA. The intent at one time years ago
was to go to ADA with new projects but it has not worked as
advertised and is waste of money.
Lets hope it dies a quick death.
Also the newer ada compliers are really based on C++ compliers
and there is really nothing ADA can do that C or C++ can not do
better.
David A. Scott
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