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

From: Thomas Stegen CES2000 (tstegen+usenet_at_cis.strath.ac.uk)
Date: 02/09/04 

Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 11:20:15 +0000

Josh Sebastian wrote:
> Maybe you just weren't very good at C++ templates. I don't mean to be
> insulting, but personal preferences do play a huge roll here. Unless
> someone can prove Ada's generics are Turing-complete, though (a quick
> google doesn't turn up anything), I'd say that we'll have to call C++
> templates more powerful.

Turing completeness is only one measure of power. And not a very
good one for measuring different systems of templates. If you use
templates for any sort of computational programming beyond some
very simple things you are stretching the rubber band beyond its
limit. 

-- 
Thomas.

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