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: 103376,6e16e39504a85f4e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-01 07:33:28 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!rutgers!sgigate.sgi.com!olivea!uunet!lfsserv1.lfs.loral.com!news@cc5 From: "Thomas W. Hood (703)913-4308" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada in Client/Server (was: Borland Ada) Date: 1 Mar 1995 15:33:28 GMT Organization: Loral Federal Systems Message-ID: <3j2448$asm@lfsserv1.fsc.ibm.com> References: <60.18011.4393.0N1D0B41@canrem.com> <3ianqv$ghb@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3ivepn$ljm@news.ycc.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.177.125.2 Date: 1995-03-01T15:33:28+00:00 List-Id: Howard.Gilbert@yale.edu wrote: > > Ada may be a wonderful language, but it is unlikely that anyone > will invest the amount of effort needed to build the surrounding > infrastructure of development environment, GUI interface, database > interface, case tools, and all the rest. Even with the investment, BZZZZT! whether or not you _like_ the tools, they exist : Environment : Rational has a nice one... GUI : Fresco beats the crap outta VisualToolbox DB : Oracle Pro*Ada or Informix AdaSAME will get you there Case tools : Cadre's Teamwork/Ada or Software Through Pictures > it is simply not true that Ada will ever compete head-on with > Visual Basic. So maybe the Client isn't the best place to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ada 83 never competed with GW-BASIC either ;-) > concentrate effort ("Programming in the Small"). > --------------- > Howard Gilbert -- Chief Mechanic at PC Lube and Tune > Technical training on PC's, networks, and communications. > Point Netscape or WebExplorer at http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/default.htm > I don't disagree that we need to concentrate on interfacing with other languages/standards, but I _strongly_ disagree that we should nich-ify Ada 95 by ignoring the client side of C/S architectures. Thomas Hood ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- hoodt%postoffice.sdf.sbis.com@inetgw.fsc.ibm.com (_really!_) -- -- Ignorance can be cured with learning, but stupidity lasts a lifetime. -- -- I don't speak for ATT, Loral, IBM, RSI, or anyone else. -----------------------------------------------------------------------