Gautier wrote:
> Indeed until the 1995 version, Ada was not anymore a superset of some
Pascal
> dialects due to its lack of built-in object-oriented features (but
having
> already exceptions, multitasking and genericity (high-level templates)).
> It regained its superset status since then.
> The big difference is that the versions of Ada stand on a single line
> 1983 -> 1995 -> 2005; whereas versions of Pascal build a thick graph.
> One can like the Ada situation or the Pascal one. Probably, if you make
a
> compiler, it is easier to create "your" Pascal extensions; if you are on
the
> user side and especially need to maintain and port code, you'll prefer
> standards - but then, rather rich and useful ones.
>
Very well said. Thank you.
Rick.
