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: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-03 13:10:37 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!swrinde!pipex!uunet!juniper.almaden.ibm.com!VNET.IBM.COM From: vinall@VNET.IBM.COM (Paige Vinall) Message-ID: <19941203.130921.511@almaden.ibm.com> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 94 13:09:22 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Organization: PL/I Development, IBM Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM News-Software: UReply 3.1 References: <3bcntp$dgj@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> <3be9as$jrh@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <3bmb4r$9kc@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8239 comp.lang.c:33220 comp.programming:5591 comp.lang.c++:39434 comp.object:9377 Date: 1994-12-03T13:09:22-08:00 List-Id: In <3bmb4r$9kc@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> Robert Dewar writes: >Note that one significant reason that PL/1 failed was the very poor initial Please don't use the past tense with PL/I. IBM makes millions of dollars on PL/I. Other companies are also starting to invest- like Liant and Micro Focus. I also know of a startup company that was created this year to build tools for PL/I. Paige Vinall - PL/I Development Manager, IBM Internet: vinall@vnet.ibm.com, Phone: (408) 463-2106