From: Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Learning Ada
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:53:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877dsrmv8f.fsf@gaheris.vdwege.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: rjt9cm$jaj$1@dont-email.me
"Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
> On 9/16/20 9:13 AM, Jack Davy wrote:
>>
>> The more I look at this language the more I wonder why it isn't more popular.
>
> Ada is a language for engineering software. Since 98% of developers
> are unable to do that, Ada will never be popular as long as such
> people are allowed to develop software.
I use it for hobby stuff, for quick solutions (like generating RPG
characters). Does not feel like engineering to me.
But what I do like is the elegance of the language, and the ability to
describe my problem domain using distinct types.
The 'verbosity' does not bother me. I'm a fluent touch typist, Using the
shift key to type braces slows me more than typing out statements to
delineate blocks.
The only real nit I have with Ada is that it does not have closures.
Mart
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--- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.
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2020-09-15 10:36 Learning Ada Jack Davy
2020-09-15 14:31 ` Anders Wirzenius
2020-09-15 15:07 ` Jack Davy
2020-09-15 15:54 ` Ludovic Brenta
2020-09-15 17:01 ` Simon Wright
2020-09-15 17:07 ` Simon Wright
2020-09-15 19:03 ` Jack Davy
2020-09-15 19:28 ` Gautier write-only
2020-09-15 23:00 ` Jerry Petrey
2020-09-16 1:23 ` Paul Rubin
2020-09-16 7:13 ` Jack Davy
2020-09-16 7:32 ` Jack Davy
2020-09-16 9:13 ` Gautier write-only
2020-09-16 10:55 ` Ludovic Brenta
2020-09-16 11:09 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-10-02 18:43 ` gautier...@hotmail.com
2020-10-03 6:43 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-10-05 18:36 ` Shark8
2020-10-17 19:28 ` antispam
2020-10-17 22:47 ` Randy Brukardt
2020-10-18 6:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2020-09-16 15:01 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2020-09-18 6:53 ` Mart van de Wege [this message]
2020-09-18 10:00 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2020-09-16 21:29 ` Paul Rubin
2020-10-06 4:06 ` andrew...@gmail.com
2020-10-06 7:32 ` Jack Davy
2020-10-17 23:02 ` mgr
2020-10-22 10:32 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
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2010-07-24 14:21 Frederick Williams
2010-07-24 16:21 ` Simon Wright
2010-07-25 20:33 ` mockturtle
2009-06-28 17:56 unsigned type anon
2009-06-28 19:54 ` tmoran
2009-06-29 13:36 ` Rob Solomon
2009-06-29 14:18 ` Ludovic Brenta
2009-07-03 1:41 ` Rob Solomon
2009-07-03 7:12 ` Learning Ada (Was: unsigned type) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2009-07-03 8:38 ` Learning Ada Peter Hermann
2009-07-03 9:44 ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-07-03 22:20 ` Learning Ada (Was: unsigned type) anon
2009-07-04 14:53 ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-07-05 23:21 ` anon
2009-07-06 0:19 ` Learning Ada Albrecht Käfer
2009-07-06 2:50 ` anon
2009-07-06 6:18 ` AdaMagica
2009-07-06 7:47 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2009-07-06 20:21 ` anon
2009-07-06 21:08 ` Georg Bauhaus
2009-07-06 22:43 ` Frank J. Lhota
2009-07-09 22:28 ` anon
2009-07-10 6:23 ` AdaMagica
2009-07-06 10:53 ` Learning Ada (Was: unsigned type) Georg Bauhaus
2009-07-06 19:34 ` anon
2009-07-06 20:29 ` Learning Ada Albrecht Käfer
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1998-12-25 0:00 ` learning ada LeakyStain
1998-12-26 0:00 ` David Botton
1989-06-15 1:48 Learning ADA Krishan M Nainani
1989-06-15 14:19 ` Rosa Weber
1985-09-06 15:10 Learning Ada Marty Sasaki
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1985-09-04 16:07 ` richw
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