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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A Pascal Subset of Ada (was: Why Ada is Failing Socially) Message-ID: <3397@sparko.gwu.edu> Date: 27 Jun 91 20:51:49 GMT References: <1991Jun25.022849.18078@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov> <1991Jun25.201958.13285@netcom.COM> <3377@sparko.gwu.edu> <1991Jun27.074515.9755@netcom.COM> Reply-To: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu () Distribution: comp.lang.ada Organization: The George Washington University, Washington D.C. List-Id: In article neeri@iis.ethz.ch (Matthias Ulrich Neeracher) writes: >In article <1991Jun27.074515.9755@netcom.COM> jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter) writes: >>Modula-2 was an interesting way-station on the road to software engineering >>languages, but not an end in itself. > >I wish a similiar conclusion would arise from the Ada experience. > Oh, it will, eventually. The only unchanging aspect of the computer indystry is that it's always changing. I have no illusions that eventually Ada will be seen as very primitive (as will C++). If we disagree, it's probably about the time-frame. I'll stick to Ada for now, thank you. Mike