[cpp-threads] meta-question about Ada

[Boehm, Hans]

Just to be clear.  I wasn't implying that C syntax is a technical
requirement for a good systems programming language.  It does seem to be
a marketing requirement, however.

Hans

-----Original Message-----
From: jimmaureenrogers at att.net
> 3) It doesn't use C syntax. 
> 

Ada is a member of the Algol / Pascal syntax family.
The choice of syntax family was intentional. There were good
software engineering arguments for the choice. Those arguments
are not impressive to people who only want to work in variants
of the One True Syntax. :)

I find that good C programmers can learn Ada very quickly.
My data for that assertion comes from teaching Ada to C programmers,
as well as my own experience learning Ada after several years of C
programming.

--
Jim Rogers 
Colorado Springs, Colorado 
U.S.A.