From: Rico Secada <coolzone@it.dk>
Subject: The future of Ada is at risk
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:06:39 +0100
Date: 2007-12-29T04:06:39+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071229040639.f753f982.coolzone@it.dk> (raw)
I have been doing a lot of research about the usage of Ada, both in
industry and in the Open Source community. I am possible writing a paper
on the issue and needs some constructive criticism.
I have reached the following conclusions:
1. Many companies are moving away from Ada towards C/C++. Many has
already moved during the past 10 years.
2. Very few projects exists on Sourceforge and Freshmeat compared to
other languages like C++, Java, Python and others.
Only 92 projects on Sourceforge.net and 57 on Freshmeat.net.
3. This is the biggest problem: Ada lacks free support on all
platforms. The GNU GNAT Compiler is the only Open Source compiler, and
it lacks proper support and implementation on a variety of platforms.
The different GNU/Linux implementations of GNAT and the different BSD
implementations seems to miss different aspects making it impossible to
port larger projects without having to buy a proprietary compiler.
My study shows, from searching around different mailing list archives
on GNU/Linux and BSD, that people are very attracted towards Ada, but
because of a poor implementation on different platforms when compared
to C and C++ people stay away and focus on those languages instead.
Problems with GNU GNAT and platform independence seems to be the one
major reason why Ada isn't a moving target.
I would like your comments on this please!
Best regards.
Rico Secada.
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2007-12-29 3:06 Rico Secada [this message]
2007-12-29 10:19 ` The future of Ada is at risk Pascal Obry
2007-12-29 19:24 ` Jerry van Dijk
2007-12-29 11:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-12-29 11:21 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-12-30 12:30 ` Florian Weimer
2007-12-30 19:42 ` okellogg
2007-12-30 20:22 ` Florian Weimer
2007-12-31 0:21 ` Samuel Tardieu
2007-12-30 23:30 ` Simon Wright
2007-12-31 8:12 ` I. Levashew
2007-12-31 8:43 ` Florian Weimer
2007-12-31 10:16 ` Rico Secada
2007-12-31 10:31 ` Florian Weimer
2007-12-31 15:20 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-12-31 21:35 ` Paul
2008-01-01 12:41 ` Florian Weimer
2007-12-29 16:19 ` I. Levashew
2007-12-29 16:24 ` anon
2007-12-29 19:16 ` Rico Secada
2007-12-30 0:38 ` The future of C# " Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-07 8:01 ` The future of Ada " Nasser Abbasi
2008-01-07 11:09 ` Robert A Duff
2008-01-07 11:54 ` Nasser Abbasi
2007-12-30 8:04 ` Phaedrus
2007-12-30 8:56 ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-30 21:42 ` Phaedrus
2007-12-30 23:08 ` Brian May
2007-12-30 23:32 ` Phaedrus
2007-12-31 12:33 ` I. Levashew
2008-01-02 10:46 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2007-12-30 11:08 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-12-30 22:23 ` Phaedrus
2007-12-30 21:30 ` adaworks
2007-12-30 23:33 ` Phaedrus
2007-12-31 0:33 ` Samuel Tardieu
2008-01-01 14:14 ` Gautier
2008-01-01 14:46 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-01-04 8:45 ` Agyaras
2008-01-04 9:36 ` Pascal Obry
2008-01-04 13:13 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-06 9:34 ` Agyaras
2008-01-06 10:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-01-06 12:03 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-06 13:03 ` Frank J. Lhota
2008-01-07 3:46 ` Brian May
2008-01-08 2:22 ` Randy Brukardt
2008-01-04 23:17 ` Brian May
2008-01-05 10:22 ` Ludovic Brenta
2008-01-05 15:16 ` Robert A Duff
2008-01-05 15:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-01-05 15:46 ` Robert A Duff
2008-01-05 16:39 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-05 17:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-01-06 22:08 ` Robert A Duff
2008-01-09 8:19 ` ahab
2008-01-05 10:21 ` Michael Bode
2008-01-05 10:30 ` Ludovic Brenta
2008-01-05 10:55 ` Michael Bode
2008-01-05 13:09 ` Ludovic Brenta
2008-01-05 13:32 ` Michael Bode
2008-01-05 20:36 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-01-05 22:50 ` Michael Bode
2008-01-05 23:42 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-01-05 11:11 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-05 11:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-01-05 13:29 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-05 14:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-01-05 17:42 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-05 18:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-01-05 23:47 ` Brian May
2008-01-06 7:03 ` Vadim Godunko
2008-01-06 8:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-01-06 12:05 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-06 12:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-01-06 20:13 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-06 20:50 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-01-06 22:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-07 0:11 ` Brian May
2008-01-07 5:23 ` Per Sandberg
2008-01-08 0:04 ` Brian May
2008-01-08 6:53 ` Simon Wright
2008-01-08 14:35 ` Vadim Godunko
2008-01-08 20:24 ` Graham
2008-01-08 20:44 ` Pascal Obry
2008-01-06 9:23 ` Pascal Obry
2008-01-07 0:05 ` Brian May
2008-01-05 20:34 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-01-05 20:52 ` Michael Bode
2008-01-05 21:40 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-05 23:45 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-01-06 11:16 ` Michael Bode
2008-01-06 19:20 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-01-06 20:27 ` Michael Bode
2008-01-07 10:23 ` Stephen Leake
2008-01-07 17:54 ` Michael Bode
2008-01-11 7:21 ` Phaedrus
2008-01-11 8:49 ` Maciej Sobczak
2008-01-11 13:10 ` Peter C. Chapin
2008-01-11 15:41 ` Hyman Rosen
2008-01-12 14:31 ` Surfer
2008-01-12 20:54 ` Gautier
2008-01-11 19:58 ` Tero Koskinen
2008-01-11 21:41 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-11 13:02 ` framefritti
2008-01-11 15:29 ` Peter C. Chapin
2008-01-11 17:24 ` Gary Scott
2008-01-11 18:20 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-01-11 18:51 ` Gary Scott
2008-01-12 0:21 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2008-01-12 8:15 ` Pascal Obry
2008-01-12 10:11 ` Brian May
2008-01-12 10:24 ` Pascal Obry
2008-01-12 17:43 ` Gary Scott
2008-01-12 18:14 ` Pascal Obry
2008-01-12 22:24 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-13 3:54 ` Ray Blaak
2008-01-13 14:05 ` (see below)
2008-01-14 1:46 ` Ray Blaak
2008-01-14 1:49 ` Ray Blaak
2008-01-23 2:52 ` adaworks
2008-01-12 10:47 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2008-01-11 22:32 ` Robert A Duff
2008-01-12 4:06 ` Phaedrus
2008-01-12 15:29 ` Georg Bauhaus
2008-01-12 20:55 ` jtg
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