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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,349657f8b72f2411 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: john@assen.demon.co.uk.nospam (John McCabe) Subject: Re: Where's Ada95 when OO languages are discussed? Date: 1999/03/24 Message-ID: <36f952a4.384584@news.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 458672088 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: assen.demon.co.uk:158.152.218.101 References: <7d8ik6$s6d$1@its.hooked.net> <36F7F02E.BC57F7CB@aasaa.ofe.org> <87emmfpw3t.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com> <36F837D3.3F7227FA@aasaa.ofe.org> <877ls7porm.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com> X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 922309412 nnrp-10:17572 NO-IDENT assen.demon.co.uk:158.152.218.101 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net Date: 1999-03-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Chris Morgan wrote: >> > Ada's installed base is much larger than Eiffel >> I wasn't trying to compare Ada and Eiffel. I was merely saying that one >> reason people aren't familiar with Ada is because it's not as commonly >> used as C++ or Java. > >That's true. However Ada isn't even as visible as it might be given >the market value of Ada projects, since a lot of them are embedded >and/or defence projects (Boeing 777, USAF F-22, Channel Tunnel >signals, London Jubilee line, UKRN Trident sub CCCI - notable but not >"newsworthy"). Perhaps it's just that you hear about languages when they don't work - everyone heard about Ariane 5, but most other Ada projects have been successful so you don't hear about it. C++ on the other hand is used for a hell of a lot of Windows apps, and has anyone ever seen one of those that really worked? Best Regards John McCabe