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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!udecc.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!jcardow From: jcardow@afit.af.mil (James E. Cardow) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How Ada is failing socially Message-ID: <1991Jun25.150940.14222@afit.af.mil> Date: 25 Jun 91 15:09:40 GMT References: Distribution: comp.lang.ada Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology List-Id: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) writes: > If Ada is so great, and the US government is spending so many billions >on Ada software development, why is the marketplace for Ada tools and >libraries non-existent? > Ada - 10 > Assembly - 32 > Basic - 65 > C - 289 > C++ - 111 > Clipper - 38 > Cobol - 15 > Fortran - 53 > Modula-2 - 11 > Pascal - 56 >It also doesn't help that in the multi-billion dollar commercial MIS world, >someone very big is sending a message that Ada has no role in their future >software engineering plans. Interesting arguement. I just have one question. Given the volume of Cobol in the world (good, bad, or whatever), what does your argument say about the socialization of Cobol? I would like to think the world is converting to other languages, but I'm afraid all that I can draw from you tables is that the market in the PC world, in terms of volume of unit sold (not dollars) is for small end tools, especially in light of your last comment on the multi-billion dollar commercial MIS world.. Jim Cardow, Capt, USAF Air Force Institute of Technology Instructor in Software Engineering Professional Continuing Education Program E-mail: jcardow@blackbird.afit.af.mil