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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no 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: 2001-07-25 18:38:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: Lao Xiao Hai Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada The Best Language? Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:39:03 -0700 Organization: AdaWorks Software Engineering Message-ID: <3B5F74B7.F3BA2DCB@ix.netcom.com> 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> Reply-To: richard@adaworks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 9e.fc.c5.3d Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 26 Jul 2001 01:38:36 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10578 Date: 2001-07-26T01:38:36+00:00 List-Id: codesavvy wrote: > Then Ada will be forever relegated to a fulfilling specific niches. I > believe you'll see more organizations switching from Ada to C++ rather > than the other way around. With the abrogation of the Ada "mandate" there was an exodus from the safe haven of Ada to the wilderness of C++. For many organizations, there was a "grass is always greener" effect. As this transition from reliability to unreliability proceeded, a few intelligent managers realized, once they fully understood the implications of C++, the folly of their decision. Those who are able to stop this silliness, are sticking to Ada. For others, the inexorable slide into spending more to produce the same level of reliability they enjoyed with Ada has reached a point of no return. Those who have turned back will realize economic benefits of their decision. Those who have not will simply waste more DoD money. It is interesting, also, to note that we are already hearing prophecies about the death of C++. One only need turn the page to comp.lang.C++.moderated to note the presence of doomsayers. Languages typically do not die off so quickly. We continue to have people maintaining Jovial, CMS-2, TACPOL, COBOL-68, and other elderly languages. The communications satellites, as well as other vehicles programmed in Ada have a lifetime of upwards of twenty years. People will still be learning Ada to maintain that software a long time from now. The same will be true of C++. Richard Riehle AdaWorks Software Engineering richard@adaworks.com