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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d32217fa95fad944 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-30 04:38:58 PST Message-ID: <3AC47D56.E71FC891@baesystems.com> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:34:30 +0100 From: Simon Pilgrim Organization: BAE SYSTEMS Avionics Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Positive publicity for Ada in the UK References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: rc3960.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com X-Trace: 30 Mar 2001 13:27:13 GMT, rc3960.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!hub.org!hub.org!hermes2.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!news.tele.dk!194.176.220.130!newsfeed.icl.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!easynet-monga!easynet-melon!easynet.net!btnet-feed5!btnet!newreader.ukcore.bt.net!pull.gecm.com!rc3960.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6239 Date: 2001-03-30T13:34:30+01:00 List-Id: John Robinson wrote: > > Just thought I would point out that Computer Weekly in the UK have just > published a very favourable article on Ada as a "hot skill": > > Computer Weekly, 29th March, pp108 > > I struggle to remember the mainstream computer press printing anything > other than ill informed and inaccurate statements about Ada in recent > times. It is a relief to see someone publishing hard facts at last. Having just scanned the article at: http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/cwarchive/xtra/19991007/cwcontainer.asp?name=S1.html&ct=search Although it may be an improvement, they still have a way to go. "A new version of the language, Ada 95, has been developed to incorporate more modern features, notably object oriented programming based around the concepts of inheritance and polymorphisms, to bring it in line with C++ and Java." And later: "There is, for example, a three-day course on Ada 63 to Ada 95 conversion to update programmers already familiar with the old version." I didn't realise Ada was that old :) -- Regards, Simon Pilgrim BAE SYSTEMS, Rochester, UK