From: Marc C <mc.provisional@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Ada advocacy
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:39:38 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2012-03-20T07:39:38-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <29453293.5949.1332254378181.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbiz13> (raw)
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On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:54:38 AM UTC-5, tonyg wrote:
> I am currently fending off an attempt to have my project converted from ADA
> to some un named monstrosity of a language. Reasons listed are
<snip>
> programmers can not be found
This one is a pet peeve of mine. Has the project/company actually tried *looking* for Ada programmers? If they don't seek, of course they're not going to find. I regularly run into programmers who worked with Ada, liked it, but ended having to move onto other languages. Given the opportunity to go back to it, not a few would, they *just don't know of any available openings*!
And if an organization does deign to advertise, don't expect an Ada developer to take a 25% pay cut and move their family across the country just for the privilege. We're good engineers, dammit, recognizing talent and developing with Ada will get you a lot.
(Oh, and by what metric is Ada *2012* "archaic"? Python dates from 1989, C++ from 1979, and the likely monstrosity, Java, dates from 1991. The *youngest* of these is over 20 years old. Don't give me no "archaic" BS.)
Marc A. Criley
Ada sub-reddit moderator
(http://www.reddit.com/r/ada)
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2012-03-20 12:54 Ada advocacy tonyg
2012-03-20 13:54 ` Ludovic Brenta
2012-03-20 14:39 ` Marc C [this message]
2012-03-20 15:13 ` Ludovic Brenta
2012-03-20 16:34 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-03-20 16:35 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-03-20 20:06 ` Shark8
2012-03-20 15:42 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-03-20 18:31 ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-03-20 21:42 ` anon
2012-03-20 23:05 ` Shark8
2012-03-21 0:32 ` Shark8
2012-03-21 1:58 ` Robert Love
2012-03-21 5:37 ` Per Sandberg
2012-03-25 11:10 ` Peter C. Chapin
2012-03-21 8:59 ` anon
2013-06-17 23:42 ` johannes falcone
2013-06-18 0:09 ` tmoran
2013-06-18 0:14 ` Leo Brewin
2013-06-18 0:59 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-06-19 19:22 ` johannes falcone
2013-06-19 19:34 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-06-19 20:16 ` Shark8
2013-06-19 19:36 ` Ludovic Brenta
2013-08-30 7:36 ` johannes falcone
2013-06-18 1:28 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2013-06-18 5:55 ` Peter Brooks
2013-06-18 17:15 ` Robert A Duff
2013-06-18 17:43 ` Bill Findlay
2013-06-18 19:22 ` Robert A Duff
2013-06-18 19:30 ` Bill Findlay
2013-08-27 13:34 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-08-27 14:08 ` Bill Findlay
2013-08-27 14:13 ` Bill Findlay
2013-08-27 21:25 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-08-28 7:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-27 22:42 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2013-08-28 7:45 ` Maciej Sobczak
2013-08-28 8:58 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-08-28 9:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-28 11:42 ` G.B.
2013-08-28 11:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-28 12:49 ` G.B.
2013-08-28 14:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-28 15:06 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-08-28 17:30 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-28 16:44 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-08-28 17:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-28 23:33 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2013-08-29 7:15 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-29 14:47 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-08-29 19:15 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-08-29 15:28 ` Robert A Duff
2013-08-29 21:43 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2013-08-30 23:52 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-08-31 0:05 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2013-08-31 1:42 ` Shark8
2013-08-31 2:57 ` Shark8
2013-08-31 9:00 ` Dirk Craeynest
2013-08-31 1:48 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-09-02 7:13 ` Egil H H
2013-09-02 8:41 ` G.B.
2013-09-02 16:37 ` Egil H H
2013-08-29 15:46 ` Robert A Duff
2013-08-30 4:47 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2013-08-30 16:54 ` Robert A Duff
2013-08-30 17:49 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2013-08-30 22:41 ` Robert A Duff
2013-08-31 0:02 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2013-08-31 14:47 ` Robert A Duff
2013-06-19 7:29 ` nevillednz
2013-08-27 13:39 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-09-02 18:45 ` Martin
2013-06-17 23:39 ` johannes falcone
2012-03-21 10:44 ` tonyg
2013-06-18 0:07 ` johannes falcone
2012-03-23 16:13 ` KK6GM
2013-06-13 15:33 ` david
2013-06-13 15:34 ` david
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2003-08-26 20:33 Ada Advocacy Stephane Richard
2003-08-26 21:20 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-26 22:28 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-26 23:04 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-27 16:15 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-27 23:06 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-28 10:39 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-26 23:55 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-27 0:44 ` Anisimkov
2003-08-27 8:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-08-27 20:12 ` Wes Groleau
2003-08-27 23:09 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-29 16:13 ` Jon S. Anthony
2003-08-29 18:15 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-28 8:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-08-27 8:29 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-28 5:29 ` Dmitriy Anisimkov
2003-09-01 21:26 ` Dave Thompson
2003-08-27 6:56 ` David Holm
2003-08-27 16:00 ` Rod Chapman
2003-08-29 6:38 ` Adrian Hoe
2003-08-29 9:34 ` Stephane Richard
2003-09-01 5:45 ` Adrian Hoe
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