Re: Is Ada likely to survive ?

["Valerio Bellizzomi" <net@artel.it>]

Ada is the language I want to SUPPORT, because it is very suited for Large
Applications development and maintenance. The Ada reusability mechanisms
(such as packages) are the most powerful I've seen after 10 years of
programming.


robin <rav@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> scritto nell'articolo
<5qp3cf$aqc$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>...
> 	safetran <safetran@kaiwan.com> writes:
> 
> 	>I am looking for opinions on whether you think the Ada language is
going
> 	>to be around in the next 5 years ?  How about 10 years ? 
> 
> 	>I appreciate that with the over 50 million lines of US DOD Ada code
that
> 	>exist and the numerous other Ada projects around the world,  Ada will
be
> 	>around for quite a while (to maintain all this code).   However, I am
> 	>looking at it more from the point of view of new projects. 
> 
> 	>I work for a **commercial** company in the US and we use Ada for
> 	>embedded, real time applications.  I am now about to start a couple of
> 	>new projects and need to decide whether I should continue the use of
Ada
> 	>or move to C/C++/Java.  Things that worry me are: 
> 
> 	>(1) Will the compiler vendors be around in the long run.  
> 
> 	>(2)Its already difficult to find Ada programmers and many programmers
do
> 	>not want to work in Ada as it has lower market value. 
> 
> 	>(3)My products have a life expectancy of over 10 years and so I need to
> 	>find people to maintain the code in the long run. 
> 
> 	>Note:  I have been using Ada for over 7 years and so am quite aware of
> 	>its benefits and don't need to be convinced [I also program in C/C++
:)] 
> 	>--
> 	>Rakesh 
> 	>Rakesh.Malhotra@Safetran.com
> 
> If you're worried about the long-term availability, and want the
> benefits of Ada, why not consider PL/I?
> 
>    It provides the capability of Ada, particularly for real-time.
> 
>    IBM has recently brought out PL/I for Windows 95 and Windows NT,
> and shortly before that, for AIX and OS/2.  AFAIK, it is also
> working on porting a version of that compiler for the mainframe.
> 
>    That company has had PL/I on its mainframes for the past
> 30 years or so.
>