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,d3d20c60e0efe24b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Tucker Taft Subject: Re: Writing Book, Need Ada Ammunition Date: 1999/07/23 Message-ID: <3798F299.25A647E9@averstar.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 504568375 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com (USENET news) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: houdini.burl.averstar.com References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: AverStar (formerly Intermetrics) Burlington, MA USA Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-07-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ken O. Burtch wrote: > > I'm working on a book on Linux programming using Ada 95 and the gnat > compiler. The book company I'm speaking with doesn't have a problem > publishing a Linux book, but they feel that Ada is a "declining language" > that nobody is interested in and that has no future. Ada is doing just fine. It doesn't have a hype engine. However, if you look at which 3rd-generation languages are actually being used to build *real* production quality high-performance software in any volume, Ada is one of the top five languages. In the embedded, real-time, or safety-critical world, it is probably in the top three. Java is still not a high-performance language (and certainly not a safety-critical one), and once you get past C/C++, Ada is the primary alternative. Go to any book store, and you will see that Ada books outnumber those for all 3rd generation languages other than Java and C/C++ (although with Y2K, there has been a resurgence in Cobol books ;-). > I'm look for any surveys/stats/personal testimonies you can give me to > support the idea that in general Ada is not a "declining language". For > example, anything about educational institutions using Ada, words from > authors who have published Ada books, and the value of Ada against popular > languages. That sort of thing. > > I've already visited www.adahome.com. Any further support would be > appreciated. > > Thanks. > > -- > Ken O. Burtch: System Manager in a Box / Lintel : Pegasoft > http://www.vaxxine.com/pegasoft; BBS:905-935-0569 8N1 : R.R.#1 > Bio: 33;Bsc,UI,Lang,Games;Toons,Elves,SF,Pizza;Xian : Jordan Station, ON > ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Canada L0R 1S0 -- -Tucker Taft stt@averstar.com http://www.averstar.com/~stt/ Technical Director, Distributed IT Solutions (www.averstar.com/tools) AverStar (formerly Intermetrics, Inc.) Burlington, MA USA