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: 2004-04-06 10:28:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4072E8BA.2020201@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/prototypinglanguage) References: <20040206174017.7E84F4C4114@lovelace.ada-france.org><54759e7e.0402071124.322ea376@posting.google.com> <406EB6D2.8030801@noplace.com><87d66pyw1g.fsf@insalien.org> <406EEC35.7040109@noplace.com><874qs0zvy1.fsf@insalien.org> <40714C98.90601@noplace.com><1073gv22t969q5a@corp.supernews.com> <40729B9D.30906@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 17:28:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.3.91 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net 1081272523 209.165.3.91 (Tue, 06 Apr 2004 10:28:43 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 10:28:43 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6775 Date: 2004-04-06T17:28:43+00:00 List-Id: Database apps might be a really good market. There are potentially a *lot* of developers and it would not be hard to start catering to them. Things like Gnade don't take billions of dollars to get into and there are already Ada/Database interface experiences & tools on which to draw. Go start providing an *Ada* Database that has the kinds of benefits that Ada can provide with its ability to clearly define data. It could ride on top of existing products, but look more Ada-ish. That's the hook - data in the database is described just like its used in Ada rather than looking more COBOL-ish. And once you start using it that way, it won't be something that other languages can do as well. Throw on top a standard/portable GUI and you'd have a really strong candidate for an application development language. Give the database guys a truckload of help with their apps & maybe they get on board with Ada because it offers them lots of leverage. MDC Marius Amado Alves wrote: > > I have identified such a market for Ada 2005: databases. Cf. my paper in > Ada-Europe 2004. > > -- ====================================================================== 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 ======================================================================