Re: Ada - buzzword or not? (Was: Ada-Europe 2007 early registration deadline approaching)

[Lucretia <lucretia9@lycos.co.uk>]

On Jun 4, 2:08 pm, Chris Hills <c...@phaedsys.org> wrote:
> In article <ygezm> >> Does anyone still use it or is it another of those 80's type
> >> defuncto type language like Pascal and Modulo2?

It is still used on simulators, aeroplanes, rail netowrks, etc.

> >I use it.  I have done it since Ada was added to GCC in 1994-95.  And
> >I know of one software engineering school where it is tought and one
> >more where the professors keeps it for themselves here in Denmark.

I was taught it at university, but they moved onto Java. I came back
to Ada a couple of years ago and do all my work with it if possible.

> I think Ada is less popular than it was (a statement of numerical fact
> not a comment on the language itself) other languages are used more
> often. However Ada still has a very large part of the safety critical
> market.  Some areas would use nothing else.
>
> Pascal and Modular 2 are all but defunct.  There are too many companies
> with a vested interest in Ada to let it go quietly.

Aye, plus it's a decent language ;)

Luke.