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 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7251fa99aab97e06 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-02-26 15:41:52 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: sparky!uunet!UB.com!pacbell.com!network.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!ajpo.sei.cmu.edu!wellerd From: wellerd@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (David Weller) Subject: Re: Ada9X, DRAGOON, etc. Message-ID: <1993Feb26.184152.10231@sei.cmu.edu> Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews) Organization: Ada Joint Program Office References: <1993Feb24.224827.27672@sei.cmu.edu> <1993Feb25.150846.20363@seas.gwu.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 18:41:52 EST Date: 1993-02-26T18:41:52-05:00 List-Id: In article srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) writes: > > But Mike's statements implicitly contradict each other and portend >a sad future for Ada9X - that it will be less accepted in the non-mandated >world than Ada83. I do not believe that the current Ada vendors will be >able to change their ways. Even now, one of them, Rational, is gradually >moving away from the Ada world to the C++ world (as evidenced by the ads >with Grady Booch's smiling face pushing the C++ version of the Booch >components). > Your claim that Rational is moving away from Ada is false. You observed Rational expanding into the C++ domain (which is a good thing) and concluded a weakening in the Ada domain. Nothing is further from the truth. Also, keep in mind, Grady's smiling face pushing conferences like "C++ by Design" does not imply Rational is throwing their hands up on Ada. Grady doesn't always speak for Rational. >Greg Aharonian >Source Translation & Optimization >"Fund me or flame me - anything else is an insult" >-- OK, I guess it was a flame :-) dgw >************************************************************************** >Greg Aharonian >Source Translation & Optimiztion >P.O. Box 404, Belmont, MA 02178