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: 103376,5cb36983754f64da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-03 05:11:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ash.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail Message-ID: <406EB7E7.1070103@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: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language) References: <20040206174017.7E84F4C4114@lovelace.ada-france.org> <54759e7e.0402071124.322ea376@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 13:11:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.247.65.204 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net 1080997876 165.247.65.204 (Sat, 03 Apr 2004 05:11:16 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 05:11:16 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6723 Date: 2004-04-03T13:11:16+00:00 List-Id: A very important point. There are all sorts of wonderful things about Ada "In Theory". But if no practical implementations exist, then it doesn't matter when I've got a job to get done today. Perhaps Ada needs to concentrate on filling in some of those theoretical blanks? MDC Ed Falis wrote:> > Sure, but it's mainly in theory, like GC in Ada implementations. Java > implementations that compile to machine code instead of a JVM > implementation have not exactly turned the world on fire, just like > getting ObjectAda to work with Great Circle, or AppletMagic or JGNAT > didn't. > > "Inherently" is probably not the point. "In practice" probably is. > > - Ed > -- ====================================================================== 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 ======================================================================