Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada?

[Gautier Write-only <gautier@fakeaddress.nil>]

It seems to be highly probable that it is "the Writing
on the Wall for Ada" in real-time US military systems.
But is it new ? In 1990 "everybody" said that Ada was
finished (without having quit a very restricted circle),
that "now it is C++". Around 1993 (10 years!) the creators of
GNAT surely felt that it was an unique chance to broaden
the user base of this language by making a free compiler
- and support the more usable Ada 9X language. My gut feeling
is that, for this never well known general-purpose language,
2003 is the best year ever, in terms of geographic and
programming area domains - and it could even improve, while
remaining small in terms of "market share".
The only solid fact to draw from that could be that the US military
are not optimally profiting from "their" investment - hum, or
from the taxpayer's... Is it a surprise ? Funnily they seem
to love Java, just when "everybody" says that Java is finished,
that "now it is C#". Surely in 8-10 years they'll find C#
completely sexy.
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