Re: Are there noticable differences in Ada acceptance by country?

["Phaedrus" <phaedrusalt@hotmail.com>]

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Pretty much the same story in the USA.  For one thing, the one domain where 
Ada was most-widely used (military) is dominated by companies which 
recognize that contract performance isn't an issue.  "Cost-plus" means never 
having to say that you're done, at least not until the money runs out!

I wonder if we shouldn't take the time to perform a little "Copernican 
inversion".  Instead of asking "Where is Ada used?", how about asking "Where 
would Ada be best used?".  (Saying "everywhere" only muddies the situation, 
so please don't.  No matter how much wishful thinking you employ, it isn't 
true.)  For instance, I've often wondered why Ada isn't used more for 
medical (safety critical) applications.    A toe-hold there would do a lot 
to expand the use of Ada.

Brian

"Pascal Obry" <pascal@obry.net> wrote in message 
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> Mike Silva a �crit :
>> Some comments about Ada in the UK made me wonder about this.  Are
>> there countries where the programming and/or management culture seems
>> to be more accepting of Ada?  Are there Ada "hotbeds" about in the
>> world?  And if so, what accounts for the differences?
>
> My experience is that in France it is not taken seriously in most 
> companies outside the avionic domain. For managers Ada is a dead language 
> probably because they read in "highly-technical-oriented-magazines" that 
> Java this, Java that, Java there and Java everywhere ! My experience at 
> least.
>
> Pascal.
>
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