From: Alan Brain <aebrain@dynamite.com.au>
Subject: Re: long term viability of Ada
Date: 1996/09/20
Date: 1996-09-20T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <32434988.1A2F@dynamite.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 324219D1.15FFEF33@bright.net
Greg A Barnett wrote:
>
> They
> have one argument I can't refute and I'm looking for help. They claim
> that since the DoD is abandoning Ada (their words, not mine) and since
> there is very little commercial use of Ada in the US (again their
> words), Ada is a dead language that won't be around in 5-10 years. Does
> anyone have a crystal ball that sees 5-10 years in the future? What are
> the projections for market share, number of projects written in Ada,
> dollar value of Ada contracts, etc.?
>
> BTW, I don't expect this will change their minds, they've made their
> decision and facts would just confuse the issue. Sigh! I could use
> some encouragment.
1. US DoD is not 'abandoning' Ada, though it's not exactly being
terribly encouraging it either. See AIA report. I think it's on HBAP.
2. Avionics : Ada is being used increasingly in aviation, railways etc.
There is no chance whatsoever that it will be abandoned in 5 years, and
will
still be around in 30 years, as will COBOL I might add.
3. Very little commercial use in the US - this may be true. Europe and
Japan, and for that matter Australia, is another matter.
4. As for C++... which C++? There are many different dielects of it,
and, like K&R C, in 5-10 years any particular compiler is likely to be
rendered obsolete by an ANSI standardisation, if they ever get around to
it.
But as for documents, hard evidence.... please tell me when you get it,
as I'd like to see it myself.
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1996-09-20 0:00 long term viability of Ada Greg A Barnett
1996-09-20 0:00 ` Alan Brain [this message]
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Shayne Flint
1996-09-20 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-09-22 0:00 ` nasser
1996-09-23 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-09-24 0:00 ` nasser
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Uri Raz
[not found] ` <4vd8z1ze0o.fsf@world.std.com>
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Stephen M O'Shaughnessy
1996-09-24 0:00 ` bourass
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Byron Kauffman
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Byron Kauffman
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-27 0:00 ` nasser
1996-09-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <01bba6ce$f10dae20$488371a5@dhoossr.iquest.com>
1996-09-22 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1996-10-04 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
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1996-09-21 0:00 DeanNelson
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-24 0:00 Mark Bell
1996-09-24 0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-01 0:00 Simon Johnston
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