Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!liuida!mikhe From: mikhe@ida.liu.se (Mike Henry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: ADA on Amiga And Oxxi Message-ID: <1990Sep10.085801.24717@ida.liu.se> Date: 10 Sep 90 08:58:01 GMT References: <6547@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1275@ul-cs.ulowell.edu> Organization: CIS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden Lines: 39 In article <1275@ul-cs.ulowell.edu> jrichard@hawk.ulowell.edu (John Richardson) writes: [ ...Stuff deleted... ] > Tasking would be *so* much easier in Ada. My only problem is > if Oxxi does publish Ada and SAS comes out with C++ 2.1 then > I'm gonna have to make a CHOICE in what OOP language I buy!!! Sorry, but if you want an OOP language you wouldn't want Ada. Yes, it does have some encapsulation and yes, it does have some datahiding but that doesn't make it an OOP language. The correct term would be an "Object Based Programming Language". Therefore if you'd want a full fledged OOP language you would probably be better of with C++, any day. Even though Ada, in my view, forces you to program correctly (ie if you get it though the compiler it usually works), it is extremly teadious to work with and the mechanizms that it introduces is outdated in the OOP world. Ok, I agree that an Amiga Ada compiler would help sell the machine to government contractors and that is good but Ada as a programming language isn't a good buy for anyone not forced to use it. Let's hope we will see more OOP languages for the Amiga, how about Smalltalk, Eifel, Self and others that more clearly implement the OOP paradigm than C++, in the sense that together with the language you get a programming environment that really makes OOP easy. I haven't seen ET++ on ANY machine and programming environments for Ada are to say the least scarce. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >< John Richardson < "I set the wheels in motion < >> jrichard@hawk.ulowell.edu > turn on light and sound > >< University of Lowell < activate the programs < >> (just a student) > and watch the world go round..." > >< < --Neil Peart (RUSH) < >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -Mike -- Mike Henry INET : mikhe@ida.liu.se /// Alsattersg. 3C:20 /// S-582 51 Linkoping \\\/// What SWEDEN \XX/ Else??