On Saturday, 30 January 2016 at 20:48:01 UTC, bearophile wrote:
Hello bearophile,
In Ada you can be productive if you use it for the purposes it
was invented for, but most times you don't write that kind of
code.
I miss some Ada features, and I've missed the strictness of the
Ada compiler that catches lot of bugs, but for most things
today I prefer a more modern languages.
For quite some time I was looking at Ada as potential language to
write multi-platform desktop application, but, being the big
language which requires lot of time and energy to invest into
learning/mastering it, I, somehow, feel reluctant seeing that
there is practically no open-source community around Ada, no
truly open-source compile -- what would happen if AdaCore would
simply pull the plug since I do not believe there are enough
people capable to maintain/develop FSF GNAT, so I'd appreciate if
you can write few words about Ada vs D hoping that the latter it
one you are recommending for new (gui) projects?
I simply hope that D can provide me with most/all the features
I'd expect from the language like Ada, but but even more modern
features, more choices when it comes to developing GUI desktop
app, more compiler choices, better tooling and, of course, much
bigger community of open-source enthusiasts.
Sincerely,
Gour
