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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,243dc2fb696a49cd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.bahnhof.se!feeder1.news.jippii.net!nntp.inet.fi!central1.inet.fi!inet.fi!read3.inet.fi.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Sender: AWI003@FIW9430 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Popularity: Comparison of Ada/Charles with C++ STL (and Perl) References: <11b4d.3849$d5.30042@newsb.telia.net> <1095860313.176522@yasure> From: Anders Wirzenius Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:52:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.251.142.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@inet.fi X-Trace: read3.inet.fi 1095936769 194.251.142.2 (Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:52:49 EEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:52:49 EEST Organization: Sonera corp Internet services Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4004 Date: 2004-09-23T10:52:49+00:00 List-Id: Benjamin Ketcham writes: > > Well, the line count affects readability rather profoundly, in > this example! Not being an expert in any of the languages > concerned, I can take a more objective view of readability > perhaps; and I can say that if I had to figure out and maintain > any of these programs, the one that easily fits in entirety > on an 80x24 screen wins my approval. I.e., this > might not scale to larger projects: I'm not at all sure I'd > rather read a 1400-line Perl program than a 7600-line C++ > program or a 15800-line Ada program. Actually, "none of the > above" sounds most appealing. > Anyone else than I missing the good old days with printouts from line printers with continuous paper? Anders