Re: Anyone out there using Ada ?
- From: "(see below)" <yaldnif.w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:24:12 +0100
On 30/04/2008 17:20, in article
125abc62-7cc7-4e73-9bcb-f329275865dc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "linnix"
<me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"The 1980s will probably be remembered as the decade in which
programmers took a gigantic step backwards by switching from
secure Pascal-like languages to insecure C-like languages. I have
no rational explanation for this trend."
Have you seen any hardware device drivers in Pascal, before or after
1980?
How many programmers need to write device drivers?
But, as it happens, yes, I have.
In fact, I wrote some (around 1974).
BTW, the quote says "Pascal-like", which includes Ada (now Ada 2005),
in which writing close-to-hardware code is a snap.
--
Bill Findlay
<surname><forename> chez blueyonder.co.uk
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