Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!igor!rutabaga!jls From: jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: comp.object Subject: Re: ada-c++ productivity Keywords: Looking for a few lazy men Message-ID: Date: 26 Mar 91 03:02:52 GMT References: <1991Mar21.024445.8746@grebyn.com> <23084@as0c.sei.cmu.edu> <27ECFFBB.1F19@tct.uucp> Sender: news@Rational.COM Lines: 17 >Horror stories about C porting have ZERO relevance >to the language But they DO have relevance to discussions of the relative merits of Ada vs C with respect to porting, which was the topic of the original post. C is separable from its standard libraries. That's the PROBLEM. Ada comes complete with a standard set of predefined packages. Note the term "standard". Ada written solely against these predefined packages stands a very good chance of being portable with ease across a wide variety of different platforms. -- ***** DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are my own. Duh. Like you'd ever be able to find a company (or, for that matter, very many people) with opinions like mine. -- "When I want your opinion, I'll read it in your entrails."