Re: Ada and C++: A request for comparison/contrast/relative benifits

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In article <246hpd$1r3@schonberg.cs.nyu.edu> dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) wr
ites:
>Regarding the note on the difference in the Booch components between the
>Ada and C++ versions.
>
>First, part of the imnprovement simply comes from the recoding.
>
>Second, as Ed Schonberg has described in more details, the work we did
>as the IAT here at NYU showed that the C++ versions could be recoded in
>Ada 9X in a straightforward manner leading to a version that was about the
>same length, but, in our opinion was much more readable [we are not great
>fans of the C++ syntax -- probably one of the languages poorer features]
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i must agree!

dear language designers, did you realize that most of the world's codes
were written by idiots? when you go to sleep tonight, think about what most
avearge programmers are like and what's their average IQ.










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