From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-65-14.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE, XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Happy Birthday, Ada! Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 05:47:10 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 11:47:12 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="61f8d1223aecc0428dd272de79fffce4"; logging-data="3843513"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19mKOwWZGAVJSYCJ74C7J0jIxh5vLs/Jrc=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:A/WTYGHZ2NnXHdeVJ+O5cvbcmiw= X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.7246 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-Priority: 3 Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:64711 List-Id: Also the 10th Anniversay of Ada 2012. - Randy. "Jeffrey R.Carter" wrote in message news:tn1nd8$1kmj1$1@dont-email.me... > Born this date in 1815/1980. > > -- > Jeff Carter > "[I]t is easy to use [Ada] just like any other > language: using only predefined types, using > packages just for separate compilation (without > any consideration for information hiding), > ignoring generics altogether, etc. I have seen > projects doing this; they didn't get much > gain from using Ada, and spent a lot of time > fighting the compiler." > Jean-Pierre Rosen > 165