On Sun, May 2, 2021, at 09:22, Laslo Hunhold wrote: > "Greg Reagle" <grea...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > Thank you for your explanation Laslo Hunhold. I wholeheartedly agree > > with you about the fallibility of human programmers, and the > > vulnerability of C to errors. Even though I am a fan of the suckless > > philosophy and its programs, which are written in C, I wish that a > > less error-prone language would be used. > > you summarized that very well. I completely agree.
Do you have any other suggestions for alternatives to C? > > Perhaps I will write (or more likely re-write a C program) a very > > small program in Ada as a proof-of-concept of the viability of Ada > > for several purposes: > > - for me to learn Ada > > - as a proof-of-concept or illustration of the viability of Ada > > - to compare and contrast number of lines of source code, memory > > usage, speed etc. > > - if it turns out well, as advocacy for Ada > > - if it turns out ill, as a lesson learned, then I'll continue my > > search for a good alternative to C > > > > I am open to suggestions. I am thinking something from sbase or > > ubase. > > How did your approach turn out? I haven't started re-writing anything yet. I am reading Ada tutorials and learning Ada. Thanks for asking. I'll let you know if/when I try it.
