Re: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language)

From: Josh Sebastian (curien_at_cox.net)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 11:20:17 -0500

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 14:05:53 +0100, Martin Krischik wrote:

> MSG wrote:
>
>> Can you do the following in Ada:
>>
>> 1. Write *one* bubble-sort function that will work on different
>> types given an appropriate comparison function
>
> Shure you can. Ada invented templates long bevore C++ was even though of.

Factoid: Alex Stepanov started off his research that led to the STL in Ada.

> Ada templates are far more powerfull then C++.

Why do you say that? I haven't used Ada terribly much, but from what I
remember, I don't think Ada generics are Turing-complete, which C++
templates are.

Josh

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