From: Magnus.Kempe@di.epfl.ch (Magnus Kempe)
Subject: Re: Ada compared to C++
Date: 5 Oct 1994 08:44:25 GMT
Date: 1994-10-05T08:44:25+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1994Oct5.091826@di.epfl.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: cppCx50GD.G0y@netcom.com
cpp@netcom.com (Robin Rowe) writes:
: ==========================================================
: Response to Edmond Schonberg's "CONTRASTS: Ada 9X and C++"
: ==========================================================
: ...
:
: What does Ada do when an array is overrun? What does it do if
: exceptions are turned off?
Well, if you don't know, how can you claim to answer a comparison
of Ada and C++ ?
: Does Ada support the concept of private, protected, and public
: class members?
Again, if you don't know...
: The features supported by an object-oriented programming language
: are polymorphism, inheritance, and encapsulation. (See Grady Booch
: if you don't believe me.) How does Ada implement each of these?
If you don't know...
: Containment is generally a much better form of reuse in C++ and
: doesn't subvert the type system. In C++ a class is a definition of
: how an object works, not the actual object. I've heard Ada doesn't
: work this way. How does Ada support objects containing other
: objects?
If you don't know...
: How does Ada handle iterators? How does Ada support containers?
If you don't know...
To understand and answer a comparison of two languages, one is expected
to at least know both. I recommend that C++-fans learn about Ada, in
order to support their judgment, and also that Ada-fans learn about C++.
The best way to learn about a programming language is to read some books
about it, as well as to write some code. For Ada, the Ada WWW Server
contains a list of references put together by Mike Feldman (URL
http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/ see the section on Books and Articles).
The worst way is to read Usenet news and believe everything one sees
there, or to go by hearsay.
Comparison is a form of judgment. Judgment requires evidence. So
before one publishes or answers a comparison, one must have gathered
the evidence. Thank you.
--
Magnus Kempe "I know not what course others may take, but as for me,
Magnus.Kempe@di.epfl.ch Give me Liberty... or give me Death!" -- Patrick Henry
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1994-09-29 20:08 Is Ada the future? [was: Is C++ the future?] John DiCamillo
1994-09-30 13:45 ` David Weller
1994-10-01 21:40 ` John DiCamillo
1994-10-03 9:53 ` Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-03 20:41 ` John DiCamillo
1994-10-04 8:41 ` Robb Nebbe
[not found] ` <85C825A689A@annwfn.com>
1994-10-13 14:40 ` John Volan
1994-10-13 21:14 ` Matt Kennel
1994-10-14 0:37 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-14 10:16 ` Robb Nebbe
1994-10-14 20:43 ` Bob Duff
1994-10-13 22:01 ` Val Kartchner
1994-10-14 1:38 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-14 9:31 ` Robb Nebbe
1994-10-14 16:16 ` Child packages [nn,pedo,incest,cons] Robert Firth
1994-10-14 17:13 ` Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-17 8:18 ` Robb Nebbe
1994-10-17 11:52 ` Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-17 21:54 ` Bob Duff
1994-10-18 10:30 ` Child packages Robb Nebbe
1994-10-18 9:37 ` Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-18 19:09 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-19 11:03 ` Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-19 16:24 ` Norman H. Cohen
1994-10-19 23:13 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-20 14:06 ` Norman H. Cohen
1994-10-20 11:09 ` Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-20 19:02 ` Benjamin Ketcham
1994-10-20 17:08 ` Robert I. Eachus
1994-10-20 16:37 ` Bob Duff
1994-10-20 16:40 ` Bob Duff
1994-10-21 14:02 ` Mark Biggar, 5172
1994-10-21 8:48 ` Robb Nebbe
1994-10-19 18:54 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-20 0:27 ` Matt Kennel
1994-10-20 8:21 ` Magnus Kempe
1994-10-20 13:52 ` John Volan
1994-10-19 16:19 ` Norman H. Cohen
1994-10-04 14:44 ` Is Ada the future? [was: Is C++ the future?] Robert Dewar
1994-10-04 15:53 ` Richard Kenner
[not found] ` <36h4pc$9dd@starbase.neosoft.com>
1994-09-30 20:15 ` Benjamin Ketcham
1994-10-02 16:30 ` Robin Rowe
1994-10-02 18:00 ` David Weller
1994-10-03 15:55 ` Netspeak: What is "trolling"? Norman H. Cohen
1994-10-03 17:04 ` Kenneth Aubey 913-4481
1994-10-03 21:06 ` Is Ada the future? [was: Is C++ the future?] John DiCamillo
1994-10-04 0:29 ` David Weller
1994-10-04 17:42 ` John DiCamillo
1994-10-05 8:18 ` Magnus Kempe
1994-10-05 13:49 ` Tucker Taft
[not found] ` <36q7m5$4ef@starbase.neosoft.com>
1994-10-04 17:55 ` Robin Rowe
1994-10-04 22:42 ` Tucker Taft
1994-10-03 9:22 ` Andrew Lees
1994-10-03 21:31 ` John DiCamillo
1994-10-04 23:29 ` John DiCamillo
1994-10-05 3:52 ` Robin Rowe
1994-10-05 13:15 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-05 13:54 ` David Weller
[not found] ` <36uhnl$4c1@gnat.cs.nyu.edu>
[not found] ` <37dp17$gp6@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au>
1994-10-11 13:37 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-19 11:24 ` Stephen J Bevan
1994-10-19 15:51 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-25 12:21 ` Stephen J Bevan
1994-10-05 17:08 ` Ted Dennison
[not found] ` <36msgr$qq2@starbase.neosoft.com>
1994-10-04 7:21 ` Ada compared to C++ Robin Rowe
1994-10-05 6:44 ` Bob Kitzberger
1994-10-05 12:02 ` Robert Dewar
1994-10-05 18:20 ` Bob Kitzberger
1994-10-05 8:44 ` Magnus Kempe [this message]
1994-10-05 19:55 ` David Weller
[not found] ` <1994Oct6.133002.1@rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com>
1994-10-16 3:30 ` Mark S. Hathaway
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