On Apr 1, 11:00 pm, "Phaedrus" <phaedrus...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Certainly it is an im****tant part of Ada, but I wasn't suggesting that
it be
> deleted entirely. However, it might be handy to have a less-strongly
typed
> version of Ada, for instance to create prototypes faster and easier.
Then,
> aspects of the prototype could be migrated into a "fully typed" arena
once
> the "quick and dirty" prototype was completed.
>
> Just thinking a little bit outside the ol' box, here...
>
> Brian
>
>
I haven't been using Ada for all that long, but I have been thinking
that a kinder, gentler version would be nice in some cir***stances.
Not necessarily *no* type-checking, but the ability to mix, say,
integers, fixed-point types and floats in an equation without
cluttering up the code with conversions.
I dare say that you wouldn't want to program a missile in such a loose
way, but for the kinds of things I'm involved in - financial apps and
simulations - the level of strictness of Ada would be a turn-off for
many developers. And, from what I can see, the main problem with Ada
is its lack of take-up outside its core areas of avionics and real-
time systems.
Sorting out string handling out would be nice, too.
Graham
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