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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-07 17:43:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!news-in-sanjose!in.nntp.be!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: Richard Riehle Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is Ada dying? Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2001 17:46:19 -0700 Organization: AdaWorks Software Engineering Message-ID: <3BC0F75B.51D32B3@adaworks.com> References: Reply-To: richard@adaworks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 9e.fc.cc.c4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 8 Oct 2001 00:42:47 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13886 Date: 2001-10-08T00:42:47+00:00 List-Id: David Botton wrote: > Ada is still heavily used and its use is increasing. David, You are probably in as good a position as anyone to know this for a fact. However, it would be quite useful if there were some statistics to support this statement. Are there any indications from activity on your web site that might indicate a rise in interest in Ada? Are there inquiries from specific companies that can be cited? What new projects can we point to that might suggest an increase in Ada usage? Does ACT have any statistics that could be presented, by industry, by country, by application? I once worked for a man whose favorite expression was, "Numbers are your friends." Here is a clear case where numbers could be helpful to everyone interested in the progress of Ada in industry. Richard Riehle