From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 8 Apr 93 16:59:40 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!wupos t!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!mksol!mccall@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU ( fred j mccall 575-3539) Subject: Re: Why is Ada succeeding in Europe? Message-ID: <1993Apr8.165940.7574@mksol.dseg.ti.com> List-Id: In <1993Apr6.161921.22897@software.org> smithd@software.org (Doug Smith) writes : >Well, it seems fairly obvious that Ada continues to be accepted >in European countries more quickly than in the U.S. What is(are) >the ROOT cause(s)? >I'm fairly convinced there is no overwhelming technical argument >(though you may give it a try). And a few years in the real >world has taught me that perception is more influential than >reality :-) >I'm willing to discuss this off-thread. Just tell me whether >I can use your comments in a summary. Otherwise, suggest away-- >I'm all ears. I suspect this is primarily due to the larger acceptance of Algol in Europe. Over here (in the States), Algol never made it that big and Pascal was the 'big' popular language until C came along. I don't think you can credit it to 'wider use of langauges in Europe or any such thing. Look for whatever the reason was for the acceptance of Algol in Europe while it didn't gain much usage here; I suspect the same factor is operating with regard to Ada. [It can't be just the 'more languages taught' / 'new languages more easily accepted in Europe' bit that Europeans would like to tout, because if that were the case, C, C++, and Pascal would never have become popular over here.] -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.