Re: is Ada dying?

[John English <je@brighton.ac.uk>]

"chris.danx" wrote:
> 
> "Ralph M�ritz" <ralph@work.co.za> wrote in message
> news:Xns9133DBAF0AD71ralphworkcoza@196.25.240.158...
> > I think that's sad, and now that
> > Ada's parents (the  U.S DoD) are dropping Ada 95 what does the future hold
> > in store? Is it worthwhile learning a language nobody appreciates or uses?
> 
> They teach it at a few uni's now.  Don't know how if its uptake is more than
> before; might be interesting to find out.

Several have switched to Java. Reasons include lack of beginner's texts
(which are all out of print because the market is too small because no-one
teaches it anymore...) and, more importantly, lack of standard libraries
for GUI development, networking, and data collections. Although there
are plenty around, none of them are *standard*, so the perception is that
Ada can't do these things.

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