Re: Ada usage up?

[Gary Scott <Gary.L.Scott@lmtas.lmco.com>]

It would be my impression that aerospace use of Ada is headed downward. 
Nearly every new development is in C or C++.  This does not mean,
however, that Ada will not continue being used quite extensively for
quite some time to come.  Some significant products will continue with
Ada for at least 15 years (projected product or product variant life
span).

Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> 
> In article <39ABB53E.E0F7B04A@mail.utexas.edu>, "Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu> writes:
> > An article on The Register
> > (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/12879.html) discusses an IT
> > skill-demand survey in the UK, and mentions in passing that demand for
> > Ada is up 44%, apparently with reference to last year's survey.  (It
> > does not give enough information to judge whether this might be a
> > statistical fluke.)
> 
> I infer from the page that their methodology is "mentions in ads".
> There is not enough space in comp.lang.ada :-) to discuss fully
> all the ways that can be non-representative.
> 
> Demand for Ada may very well be up, but I would not look to The Register
> for proof.  I would trust them to have gotten the ad count correct, and
> to some extent ad count is important in and of itself.