From: Bob Leif, To: James Richardson I am dead serious. Evidently, you have had no experience with Ada 95. Ada is much better at modeling XML than Java. I realize that Java is a marketing success. Unfortunately, it is based to a great extent on obsolete technology. For instance, it lacks: generics (templates), enumerated types, and range checking. Ada is also safe enough for the Boeing 777 flight control system and the French railroads.
-----Original Message----- From: James Richardson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: HELP DRIVER! Robert C. Leif, Ph.D. wrote: > > > From: Bob Leif, > It seems that the Java underlying FOP is a source of a significant > number of problems. I would suggest that the developers switch to a much > more reliable and efficient object oriented technology, Ada. Since Ada > is an ISO standard and has an extensive validation suite, it is much > more portable than Java. The GNAT (GNU) Ada compiler can produce both J > codes and fully compiled executables. > Wow, is it April already?