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: f4fd2,3727232787ce671e X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3727232787ce671e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-15 11:51:05 PST From: "James Hague" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp References: <9drfcr$du11@news-dxb> <9drk4t$hjk$1@news3.cadvision.com> <9drq8e$4ci$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <9drsqc$mkm$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Subject: Re: Universities in the US Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 13:52:33 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.120.83.59 Message-ID: <3b0178bd$1_2@newsfeeds> X-Trace: corp 989952189 63.120.83.59 (15 May 2001 13:43:09 -0500) X-Comments: This message was posted through Newsfeeds.com X-Comments2: IMPORTANT: Newsfeeds.com does not condone, nor support, spam or any illegal or copyrighted postings. X-Comments3: IMPORTANT: Under NO circumstances will postings containing illegal or copyrighted material through this service be tolerated!! X-Report: Please report illegal or inappropriate use to X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers, INCLUDING the body (DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS) Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com 80,000+ UNCENSORED Newsgroups. Path: archiver1.sj.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!news-out.nuthinbutnews.com!propagator!feed2.newsfeeds.com!newsfeeds.com!corp Xref: archiver1.sj.google.com comp.lang.ada:7531 comp.lang.lisp:10110 Date: 2001-05-15T13:52:33-05:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > > Perceptually speaking, I think Ada is experiencing some resurgence of > interest in the programming community. Especially with student programmers. > Perhaps there is becoming a realization that C/C++/Java/etc. just don't > offer as many nice features as Ada does for serious, industrial-strength, > larger-scale development. Hopefully, the trend will continue. Way back when, Ada had a bad reputation for being a bloated language and requiring bloated and unreliable compilers. What's amusing now is that Ada is a simpler language than what has become the norm (i.e. C++)! And writing a C++ compiler is more daunting thant writing an Ada compiler. James -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----