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Ada's powerful. The typing system is the best of the mainstream imperative languages. You can write good cross-platform code without thinking about endian issue
by cturner 13y ago
Ada's powerful. The typing system is the best of the mainstream imperative languages. You can write good cross-platform code without thinking about endian issues. Almost as fast as C, strong gcc support.
It's a shame it's so damn verbose. A fortnight ago I was trying to brainstorm how I could put a tighter syntax on it, possibly with some kind of pre-processor. Ideas welcome!
- smorrow 13y agoI can't understand what you're saying about endianness here. If some file format or network protocol has a specific endianness in it, it has a specific endianness in it.
- pjmlp 13y ago> It's a shame it's so damn verbose. When a big part of your job is to read the code from others of various skill levels, one learns to have a soft spot for verbosity.
- ori_b 13y agoAfter reading probably millions of lines of code, I find myself wishing people would learn the difference between verbosity and clarity. More words do not necessarily lead to clearer, more understandable code.