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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dc94fe39f71093ec X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin D. Condic" Subject: Re: The revolution will not be standardized Date: 1999/12/16 Message-ID: <385921FF.FDDCCBE7@quadruscorp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 561592165 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <82p7hu$l1q$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <82ppc9$1u6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <385252E8.FF140CD2@acenet.com.au> <8333q3$9rh$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8335ip$b8f$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <38561D9A.70B61403@acenet.com.au> <835ukh$uiv$1@nntp2.atl.mindspring.net> <385685B2.7E341C32@quadruscorp.com> <3856d861.30417176@news.netidea.com> <3856EA29.7B4C0A95@quadruscorp.com> <838mhs$cii$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Sender: "Marin D. Condic" (Unverified) X-Server-Date: 16 Dec 1999 17:30:44 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-12-16T17:30:44+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > Anyway, *given* that Java is doomed, wouldn't it be a good idea to be > positioning Ada as the alternative? The language itself is nearly as > portable, in some cases moreso. The portable API functionality is a bit > lacking, but certianly no moreso than any of the other alternatives. > In the same sense that Visual Basic is "doomed"? ;-) I think it would be useful to position Ada as a standard, portable alternative to Java. The big problem is, as has been observed in the past, that Ada doesn't come with fifty bazillion predefined, "standard" classes and Ada doesn't come with a full-up, integrated development environment. To some extent, this is changing, but it still remains a hodge-podge collection of stuff that you have to pull together for yourself. What would you suggest as the strategy for positioning Ada as a competitor to Java? MDC -- ============================================================= Marin David Condic - Quadrus Corporation - 1.800.555.3393 1015-116 Atlantic Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 http://www.quadruscorp.com/ Visit my web site at: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin." -- Allan Meltzer, Economist =============================================================