Hi,
On 8/10/10, J. David Bryan jdbryan@acm.org wrote:
On Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 10:50, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
...the choice of target language might now depend on who's most familiar with it or prefers it personally. So far it seems to be only one for Ada (you) and only one for C++ (me).
I have no vested interest in what language you use. I merely wished to suggest that Ada was perhaps a richer language than you recalled from University.
While I don't know either, I suppose (barely educated guess) that C++ and Ada are both good languages. However, it's clear that C++ is much more popular (so?). Also, I read the Joachim contest-winner-dude complaining that NetBSD's GNAT was behind the times. So you'd still have issues with various platforms not being updated as much, no matter what you do. (Even with C++ with G++ 3.2 or 4.1 issues for lesser platforms.)
I hate the idea that popularity means anything, but you can't usually ignore it. However, I really do think Ada is worth considering seriously. (I know Gautier would agree, and he's a [former?] Pascal nut.)
But if Frank is expected to do most of the work, it'll probably end up being C++ (which is fine, just saying ...). I guess I need to check out _C++ for Dummies_ from the library one of these days (or read Eckel's PDF book). Well, I'll never be much help, I suck too much. But I'm still curious and maybe can help in some other way. ;-)