From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2008-04-19T15:59:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Ada vs Ruby

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 8:10 AM,  <adaworks@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>  Ada is not the right language for small, toy programs, but it begins to show its
>  power for programs in the 100 KSLOC range or higher.   We have Ada software
>  in the million SLOC range and higher.  In those kinds of systems, Ada really
>  outshines most competing languages.    This is, in part, due to its
>  architectural
>  constructs:  the package model, the separate compilation model, the child
>  library unit model, and the way both inheritance and genericity are designed
>  into the language.
May I humbly add the Rendez Vous tasking model, of course chosen by a
Frenchman ;).
Robert

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