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: 103376,38159b1b5557a2e7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-17 15:01:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4009BED6.5060607@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: why ada is so unpopular ? References: <49cbf610.0401170627.79c3dfe5@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:01:44 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.1.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net 1074380504 209.165.1.2 (Sat, 17 Jan 2004 15:01:44 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 15:01:44 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4507 Date: 2004-01-17T23:01:44+00:00 List-Id: Its *always* worth learning a programming language because it can show you the strengths and weaknesses of other languages & improves your programming skills in general. Learning Ada might teach you a thing or two about what is good/bad about something like C++ - whereas ignorance of Ada and knowledge only of C++ (for example) tends to leave you blind about how things might otherwise be done. As for earning anything from the experience, you might consider this: If you decide to write a *useful* program, there are ways that the program may generate some money for you. Nobody will care much that it was written in Ada or C++ or Java. Come up with a good idea and get a baseline product built and see if you can find some users. Make money by selling upgrades or by licensing the technology or any number of other business models. As for simple employment, while a company may be looking for a dozen years of experience in Programming Language X - showing them on your resume that you know a *variety* of languages tends to indicate that you are a quick learner and adaptable as well as well educated. Any experience cannot possibly hurt you. Learning some Ada is an excellent way of discovering techniques and capabilities you aren't likely to see duplicated in other languages. Szymon Guz wrote: > > I see. But I'd like to know if it is worth learning. I'd like to write a > program and maybe in future earn on that and I still don't know what to > choose ada or C++. > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m o d c @ a m o g c n i c . r "Face it ladies, its not the dress that makes you look fat. Its the FAT that makes you look fat." -- Al Bundy ======================================================================