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: 103376,3975944b129842ec X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-10 22:10:14 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: sparky!uunet!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!darwin.sura.net!seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Subject: Re: Why tagged types are a marketing mistake Message-ID: <1993Mar11.030120.25427@seas.gwu.edu> Sender: news@seas.gwu.edu Organization: George Washington University References: Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 03:01:20 GMT Date: 1993-03-11T03:01:20+00:00 List-Id: In article srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) writes: > [stuff about Object World and the fact that Ada wasn't represented] > Yet Ada was nowhere to be found. Not a single company involved with >the Ada9X effort either had a booth at the trade show, or had speakers at >the conference. No one there making the case for concepts like tagged types. >No on there making the case for Ada in general. > [more stuff] > > To cut off the Ada9X efforts from the general object oriented >programming world is a gross mistake that indicates to me that the >designers of Ada have little interested in competing in the non-Mandated >world against object oriented language. After all, Ada9X is far enough >along for someone to show up at Object World and make the case for the >language and diverging concepts such as tagged types. > > What is it, are you guys embarassed about what you are doing that you >don't show up and make the case for Ada? Market share has to be won now, >and not a in few years, when everything is neatly wrapped up. By then, all >the windows of opportunties will be closed. > Amen to that! Your posts are getting better, Greg! Mike Feldman