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From: "E. Robert Tisdale" <edwin@netwood.net>
Subject: Re: how to make Ada more popular?
Date: 1999/01/21
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bill_1@nospam.com wrote:

> lets face it. Ada is not used much in commerical sector.
>
> What can be done to improve the situation?

The answer is simple:

1. Write a portable translator from C and C++ to Ada.
Of course, the translator should be written in Ada
and the translator source code should be published.
The translation needs to be good enough
so that the resulting Ada code is maintainable
and the original C or C++ code
can be safely discarded.

2. Write popular operating systems
such as UNIX and Win32 in Ada
and publish the Ada source code
so that amateur programmers
can participate in system maintenance.


3. Write an Ada interpreter or p-code compiler
so that Ada applets can be safely distributed
on the world wide web.

Good Luck, Bob Tisdale <edwin@netwood.net>