[HN Gopher] Ada and C: differences as the language for system pr...
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       Ada and C: differences as the language for system programming
       (1993) [pdf]
        
       Author : hazelnut-tree
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2023-07-10 19:35 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | thesuperbigfrog wrote:
       | It should be noted that this paper was released before the Ada
       | 95, Ada 2005, Ada 2012, and soon-to-be Ada 2022 standards were
       | published:
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       | Ada 95: https://www.adahome.com/rm95/
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       | Ada 2005:
       | https://www.adaic.org/resources/add_content/standards/05rm/h...
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       | Ada 2012: http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/12rm/html/RM-TTL.html
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       | Ada 2022 (draft): http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/ada22.html
       | 
       | The paper's abstract states: "Although Ada supports concurrency
       | and can thus be used as a concurrent programming language, it is
       | not generally considered to be an object-oriented programming
       | language."
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       | Object-oriented programming was added in Ada 95, so this paper is
       | probably not relevant to modern programming unless you are
       | interested in the history of the Ada programming language.
        
       | uticus wrote:
       | "Conclusions... Concerning low level programming, C is superior
       | to Ada for its flexibility and for handling pointers or strings"
        
         | thesuperbigfrog wrote:
         | True in 1993.
        
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