Re: why ada is so unpopular ?

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

I'm aware of who takes care of Java's library and the differences 
between Java and Ada with respect to reference implementation versus 
standards. The point is that if Java can manage to have a library and a 
GUI that is at least mostly portable (via reference implementation) then 
why can't Ada? Its proven to be a popular route and one that can be 
handled well enough to keep the user community happy. It adds leverage 
to development and makes Java a good choice for lots of apps. Is Ada 
going to sit around and say "Sure it could be useful to you but I won't 
do it because it violates some intellectual purism I have in mind..."? 
That just makes language choice really simple: use Java. ;-)

MDC

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> 
> 	Most likely, SUN. Java is, essentially, owned by one company.
> THEY define it, and they release the reference implementation. What Sun
> releases, in effect, defines the "standard".
> 
> 	Ada, OTOH, is not defined by implementations -- the converse in
> fact. The formal standard document defines the language, implementations
> are expected to conform to that standard. When Ada was first defined,
> one of the requirements of the language was that there be no supersets
> or subsets of the language. Any differences from the standard meant that
> the result language could NOT be called Ada -- in those days, if anyone
> could be said to own Ada, it was the US DoD <G>.
> 
> 	The other item is that Java's GUI is defined at a high-level,
> and relies on low-level /OS specific/ code in the JVM. There is no such
> beast in Ada. Any graphical library would have to be built in versions
> for each OS.
> 
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