Re: Ada Job Market, Was: Re: SIGada Conference

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

We will not help Ada by deluding ourselves into thinking everything is 
just fine. Seeing a handful of companies experiencing some growth - 
while good for those companies - doesn't imply that Ada is on a nice, 
healthy, upward spiral. If we want to live in a rainbow, gumdrop, pastel 
unicorn, sugar-sweet, fairy-story land, then we can believe that Ada is 
doing just great and will be around and growing for years to come and 
nothing really needs to be done.

OTOH, we could get serious about what is happening in industry and 
understand that the bulk of the software population sees Ada as 
something old and beyond its useful life and not to be taken seriously 
for the future. Given that understanding of reality, we might want to 
*save* Ada by doing something that would create a "New and Revitalized" 
impression of the language. Give Ada some major new capabilities that 
might actually reverse that impression people have of it being over the 
hill.

MDC


Steve wrote:
> Do you realize you're trashing the language with your statements?
> Taking news that might be encouraging to Ada enthusiasts (the people you're
> likely to find on this group) and saying it's garbage.  It doesn't help.
> 
> Steve
> (The Duck)
> 

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