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,f51e93dacd9c7fca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-22 08:05:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!west.cox.net!cox.net!p02!news2.east.cox.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D149205.2000906@telepath.com> From: Ted Dennison User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: status of Ada STL? References: <4519e058.0206170611.260a3951@posting.google.com> <4519e058.0206180630.b6ef8cd@posting.google.com> <4519e058.0206190635.48fe03a5@posting.google.com> <3D11C9ED.4010709@telepath.com> <3D128874.4060304@telepath.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 15:05:46 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.12.51.201 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: news2.east.cox.net 1024758346 68.12.51.201 (Sat, 22 Jun 2002 11:05:46 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 11:05:46 EDT Organization: Cox Communications Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26604 Date: 2002-06-22T15:05:46+00:00 List-Id: Russ wrote: > Scripting languages are by no means a fad. They dramatically increase > programmer productivity for small to medium size non-critical > programs. They are great for rapid prototyping, data analysis, and > test drivers, for example. I think you'll hear a lot more about Python > in the future. In general, I agree that scripting languages are always going to be around. However, I think the individual languages themselves tend to be fads. I can remember when REXX was the hot new scripting language.