On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:11:50 +1100 "Christopher Vance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have used and taught Ada, for what that's worth. I also looked at > Ada for writing OS kernel code, but the quality of the compilers > forced me back to the C family. What compilers? > Question for the proponents of Ada: how many operating system kernels > do you know of which are written in Ada? Now answer the same question > for C. Ada has mainly been used in real-time life dependent systems, not in operating systems. There hasn't been a "free" compiler around before 1995 and it hasn't been that good. > For extra marks, explain why the discrepancy, paying particular > attention to the strengths and weaknesses of each language in this > particular usage. Free compiler. > -- > Christopher Vance
