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Thank you. That's busted a wrongly-held belief I've held about Ada - that it's size dwarfs other languages. Good to be corrected!
by open-source-ux 5y ago
Thank you. That's busted a wrongly-held belief I've held about Ada - that it's size dwarfs other languages. Good to be corrected!
- pjmlp 5y agoThe language was naturally huge for 1983 hardware, and when compared to what 8 and 16 bit home computers were capable of. Except we are now in 2021 and while Ada 2012 has naturally gained on features, since 1983 there are other ecosystems that grew beyond what is available in Ada, like my list above.
- Agingcoder 5y agoIt's definitely significantly smaller than c++