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,FREEMAIL_FROM, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c1400b61b3f80c1e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!sn-xt-sjc-05!sn-xt-sjc-06!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Phaedrus" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Are there noticable differences in Ada acceptance by country? Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:58:15 -0800 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <13u0enhqfgdrefc@corp.supernews.com> References: <47E0290D.7080201@obry.net> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20473 Date: 2008-03-18T14:58:15-08:00 List-Id: 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" wrote in message news:47E0290D.7080201@obry.net... > 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. > > -- > > --|------------------------------------------------------ > --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member > --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE > --|------------------------------------------------------ > --| http://www.obry.net > --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" > --| > --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595