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: 103376,971aa11c293c3db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-20 21:06:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsxfer.eecs.umich.edu!cyclone.rdc-detw.rr.com!news.mw.mediaone.net!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!cyclone-LA3.rr.com!typhoon.san.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B58FB10.4CBFBF85@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada The Best Language? References: <3B59EE1C@MailAndNews.com> <5be89e2f.0107180606.7185b1cb@posting.google.com> <3B559E79.F21DBE5C@earthlink.net> <5be89e2f.0107181231.40bde882@posting.google.com> <3B55FFD5.9927BD6@san.rr.com> <5be89e2f.0107191347.4a38f590@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 03:46:23 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.94.25.117 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 995687183 24.94.25.117 (Fri, 20 Jul 2001 20:46:23 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 20:46:23 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10381 Date: 2001-07-21T03:46:23+00:00 List-Id: codesavvy wrote: > Then Ada will be forever relegated to a fulfilling specific niches. While this may be true, it's not because of Ada's capabilities. If it offers everything C++ offers and more, yet people are only willing to use it when they need the "and more", then it seems to me that the problem (if such it is) is not with the language but with the social institutions. -- Darren New / Senior MTS & Free Radical / Invisible Worlds Inc. San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. Only a WIMP puts wallpaper on his desktop.