Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada)

From: Mark A. Biggar (mark_at_biggar.org)
Date: 03/07/05 

Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:14:56 -0800

>>Also I am not sure if ADA is suitable for library writing, or you will
>>have to switch to another language to do that.

Neither the "American Dental Association" or the "American Disabilities
Act" are really suitable computer computer languages for writing
libraries or anything else for that matter. :-)

Ada, on the other hand is very suited to that task. Ada is a name not
an Acronym. Ada is named for Ada Augusta Lady Lovelace. She was the
daughter of the poet Lord Byron and also was the worlds first computer
programmer. She wrote several sample programs intended for Charles
Babbage's never built Analytical Engine. 

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