From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 9 Aug 93 05:25:23 GMT From: slinky.cs.nyu.edu!slinky.cs.nyu.edu!nobody@nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) Subject: Re: Ada and C++: A request for comparison/contrast/relative benifits Message-ID: <244n43$c6@schonberg.cs.nyu.edu> List-Id: Harry is too facile in awarding C++ the prize for greater functionality. There are those who think that exceptions, control over bit placement in records, built in tasking, etc. etc. might be quite useful [perhaps even more useful than OOP features, who knows?]