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: 2001-07-21 05:54:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B596EF3.D97F392B@earthlink.net> From: "Marc A. Criley" Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada The Best Language? References: <5be89e2f.0107170838.c71ad61@posting.google.com> <5be89e2f.0107180235.726d46a8@posting.google.com> <3B55B01A.DAC06D79@icn.siemens.de> <5be89e2f.0107181248.73298c57@posting.google.com> <3B56CA73.3D3D09B6@earthlink.net> <5be89e2f.0107190901.584f8459@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 12:53:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.252.123.164 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 995720035 158.252.123.164 (Sat, 21 Jul 2001 05:53:55 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 05:53:55 PDT X-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 05:51:30 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10392 Date: 2001-07-21T12:53:55+00:00 List-Id: codesavvy wrote: > > "Marc A. Criley" wrote in message news:<3B56CA73.3D3D09B6@earthlink.net>... > > > > A miniscule subset of the vast number of software development projects undertaken. In over 15 years of experience, for multiple companies, over 50% of the projects I worked on either had to run on multiple platforms or were subsequently ported to another platform. This doesn't suggest anything to you about the nature of the industry segment where Ada plays a major role? Of course if you compare the number of such projects to the universe ofsoftware development projects undertaken (which includes Windows applications), then even Unix programs become "A miniscule subset of the vast number of software development projects undertaken". Marc A. Criley Senior Staff Engineer Quadrus Corporation www.quadruscorp.com