From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.224.129.196 with SMTP id p4mr7708284qas.6.1372947772751; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:22:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.28.66 with SMTP id z2mr138406qeg.5.1372947772729; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:22:52 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.glorb.com!t19no339586qam.0!news-out.google.com!f7ni806qai.0!nntp.google.com!t19no350183qam.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 07:22:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2b87840a-74a5-4cd7-a32e-7fb18d9cc46b@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=82.154.106.50; posting-account=nd46uAkAAAB2IU3eJoKQE6q_ACEyvPP_ NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.154.106.50 References: <2b87840a-74a5-4cd7-a32e-7fb18d9cc46b@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <7bb7562a-dc5f-4292-9502-e4dd0f686c64@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist? From: john@peppermind.com Injection-Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:22:52 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16104 Date: 2013-07-04T07:22:52-07:00 List-Id: > tasking is more complicated than in other languages because >=20 > > it is properly defined and not just wrapped around OS threads. >=20 >=20 >=20 > I second all this, but the last argument is odd. Something well-defined i= s more > complicated than something not so well-defined? Isn't that often the case? I didn't want to imply that there is anything wr= ong with Ada tasking. To paraphrase Einstein: "Everything should be made as= simple as possible, but no simpler.=94=20