Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!igor!rutabaga!jls From: jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Cheap/Free Ada (was: Ada9x Transition) Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 91 21:00:22 GMT References: <2916@sparko.gwu.edu> <2926@sparko.gwu.edu> <14412@encore.Encore.COM> Sender: news@Rational.COM Lines: 15 %I suspect that the worst thing about it from the viewpoint of the true %believers is that it implies that along with your Ada system you get %very comparable C++, Objective-C, Modula-3 and maybe an Eiffel-like %language (Sather). People would really be able to compare a suite of %languages with a similar and pretty good implementation base. It %seems unlikely that those who prefer that languages be selected by %government mandate would welcome this sort of comparison... Hey, no problem with me: I think Ada stands on its own merits alongside the other languages you list. (By the way, the FAA, NASA, and a number of commercial companies seem to agree.) -- ***** DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are my own, except in the realm of software engineering, in which case I've borrowed them from incredibly smart people.