The Industry choice

[Cameron Laird]

In article <7x8y7ed0yn.fsf at ruckus.brouhaha.com>,
Paul Rubin  <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
>Peter Dembinski <pdemb at illx.org> writes:
>> If it has to be both reliable and secure, I suggest you used more
>> redundant language such as Ada 95.
>
>That's something to think about and it's come up in discussions, but
>probably complicates stuff since it's not currently available on the
>target platform.  Also, the people on the project have significant
>Java and Python experience but haven't used Ada.  Do you think it has
>real advantages over Java?

You have me curious, Paul; what's the platform which lacks an Ada95
compiler <URL:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Ada/Compilers/ >?

Me, I think Ada has significant advantages over Java in safety, 
especially where OO is *not* a benefit (as is sometimes the case).

For a not-too-different variety of safety, I like Eiffel.  Again,
Eiffel compilers are available nearly, but not entirely, everywhere.

I'm not arguing for redundancy (see above), by the way, just precision.