From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,be23df8e7e275d73 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-27 03:22:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!proxad.net!feeder2-1.proxad.net!nnrp3.proxad.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "nicolas" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <9jh2cs$aon$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net> <2sU67.1485$di7.4670499@nnrp3.proxad.net> <9jhb8u$g3s$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net> <3B5C4A92.647FC2EC@earthlink.net> <2bb77.5186$DL4.5097616@nnrp5.proxad.net> <3B5D5B79.F2DC527E@earthlink.net> <3B5DCE74.C12AA2D8@earthlink.net> <1Zu77.187$EF5.315498@nnrp1.proxad.net> <9jp5eo$e2b$2@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> <9jrdl3$mh2$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> Subject: Re: Java portability X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Message-ID: <%hb87.917$%w2.3730577@nnrp3.proxad.net> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:22:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.101.131.241 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net X-Trace: nnrp3.proxad.net 996229371 195.101.131.241 (Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:22:51 CEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:22:51 CEST Organization: Guest of ProXad - France Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10629 Date: 2001-07-27T10:22:51+00:00 List-Id: "Georg Bauhaus" a �crit dans le message news: 9jrdl3$mh2$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de... > Nicolas, there are many ifs and there is, if I may say so, > bold company prophecy of vague kind in what you write. I usually hear 2 kind of reaction about Ada from 99.9% of people involved in software development. 1/ Ada ? what is it ? How, that's a language. Never heard about it ... 2/ Ada ? I heard about it a few years ago, this language looked really great ! Does it still exist ? Current use of Ada language in software develoment is everything but 'ifs' I don't know if the way Ada is promoted is a good one. But I know the current situation. What percentage of Free Software is develop in Ada ? Very few people use Ada. They are usually convincing one another among already convinced people. The rest of the world is usually considered as stupid enough not to use Ada I don't think it's a very efficient promotion. I imagine a car vendor telling you : Here is your car ! Of course there are no seats ... stupid you are ... There are plenty of seat vendors. Find and chose it yourself. Lights ? Are you sure you really need to use it at night ... ? That's not safe ... Anyway I guess some people must provide lights somewhere ...