Bard Crawford wrote: > [...] His slides (http://www.mit.edu/people/eichin/ada.html) > summarize Ada syntax, and don't really tell what was, to me, > his main story -- which came in his parenthetical remarks. > He repeatedly commented that Ada syntax, while a bit more > verbose, was clearer to human readers/maintainers and give > compilers an opportunity to provide important services not > provided by compilers in other languages. He said that a large > fraction of things that cause difficulty for C and C++ programmers > just can't happen in Ada. [...] I feel obliged to mention again the excellent book (cut and paster from www.amazon.com): Code Complete : A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steve McConnell List: $35.00 Our Price: $28.00 You Save: $7.00 (20%) Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. Paperback, 857 pages Published by Microsoft Press Publication date: May 1, 1993 Dimensions (in inches): 9.17 x 7.38 x 1.79 ISBN: 1556154844 which demonstrates how Ada (compared to C and visual Basic) save your time by having the compiler catch most errors (but without saying it explicitly of course ;-). Did the author of the talk know this book? -- Laurent Guerby <[log in to unmask]>, Team Ada, Linux/GNU addict ACT Europe <http://www.act-europe.fr>, The European GNAT Company "Use the Source, Luke. The Source will be with you, always (GPL)."