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pbharris
03-26-2001, 02:54 PM
i know it is some OO thingy but that is about it, is it its own language and most importantly does it compile on Linux? www.adahome.com (http://www.adahome.com) has some stuff....

anybody ever seen it?

paul
Stuka
03-26-2001, 03:20 PM
Ada is a computer language, with OO functionality (though I believe the OO stuff was added, similar to C/C++). I know nothing about it, but I'd be willing to bet that there is a compiler for Ada on Linux (perhaps even a gcc backend?).
f'lar
03-26-2001, 03:45 PM
Duh, It's the Amerian Dental Association :p

[ 26 March 2001: Message edited by: f'lar ]
ph34r
03-26-2001, 03:46 PM
Americans with Disabilities Act
YaRness
03-26-2001, 03:50 PM
Ada was a language designed by government commitee for government projects. when the language was created, the compiler was so goddamn bulky (this is around 1980 or so) that it really didn't get off the ground with anyone except the government.

it is still used by the DoD for various things; i interviewed for a job doing ada, and my school taught it for a while. the language has VERY strict data typing and referencing making it very robust, just the kind of thing bureacrats like, and hackers (as in programmers, not script kiddies) really don't like (unless it's someone else's code they are trying to read :D) IMO.

try searching for some answers as well (http://www.google.com/search?q=ada+language+history).
jemfinch
03-26-2001, 05:36 PM
Ada is Yet Another Language That, Like Perl, Isn't As Good As Python (heretoafter referred to by the acronym YALTLPIAGAP, pronounced "yattle-pee-a-gap")

Take that, TIMTOWTDI touters! :D

Jeremy
Sweede
03-27-2001, 10:02 AM
Originally posted by jemfinch:
Ada is Yet Another Language That, Like Perl, Isn't As Good As Python (heretoafter referred to by the acronym YALTLPIAGAP, pronounced "yattle-pee-a-gap")

Take that, TIMTOWTDI touters! :D

Jeremy

YALTLPIAGAP

Yet Another Language That Like Perl, Is'nt As Good As PHP :D
nanode
03-27-2001, 10:52 AM
PHP is still winning the web scripting race from where I'm sitting.
YaRness
03-27-2001, 02:05 PM
Originally posted by nanode:
the web scripting racewhat do you get if you win? :D
kmj
03-27-2001, 02:58 PM
Originally posted by nanode:
PHP is still winning the web scripting race from where I'm sitting.

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