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From: "Luke A. Guest" <laguest@archeia.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada++
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 11:36:38 +0100
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On 29/05/2020 03:57, Rick Newbie wrote:
> 
>> btw, I do not think changing Ada syntax to make it look like C and C++
>> is  the solution to making "Ada" become more popular. If so, then
>> they should change Ada to make it use Python syntax in that case :)
> 
> As an Ada newbie I can tell you what is the most offturning thing about
> Ada:
> 1) The IDE does not measure up to Visual Studio

Use Visual Studio then, there's a plugin.

> 2) The GDB debugger

As long it's integrated into the IDE, what's the issue?

> 3) The fact that you need lots of various external libraries and you
> have to deal with the Linux hell of library versions and installation to
> accomplish basic things like a graphical user interface.

You have to do this in any language.

> The curly braces are definitely not a problem
> 

Yeah they are, visually.