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: 2004-04-09 04:48:14 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: <40768D6A.2070806@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: <87d66pyw1g.fsf@insalien.org> <406EEC35.7040109@noplace.com> <874qs0zvy1.fsf@insalien.org> <40714C98.90601@noplace.com> <1073gv22t969q5a@corp.supernews.com> <40729B9D.30906@noplace.com> <1076000ef5oj06f@corp.supernews.com> <0emdncWNfbOyUendRVn-gg@gbronline.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 11:48:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.1.22 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net 1081511293 209.165.1.22 (Fri, 09 Apr 2004 04:48:13 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 04:48:13 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6895 Date: 2004-04-09T11:48:13+00:00 List-Id: O.K., but here is an issue: Most software these days has a GUI and a relatively short life. Large, long-lived projects are not nearly as numerous. So while I agree with your assessment, I'd observe that Ada is aiming to provide help to the smaller market and not offering nearly so much help to the larger market. And then we wonder why Ada isn't as popular. :-) MDC Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler wrote: > > But - and that's just a note for my (and probably other ones) > boss(es), so please don't take it personally, Chris - get used to the > fact that even the so really cool and hyped Java is *not* the right > tool for a _lot_ of jobs. Especially when it comes to the things where > Ada is really good at: real time and embedded applications and systems > with a long life (read: maintenance) time. When it comes to those I'd > say development in Ada outperforms anything I've seen yet. > > Sure, it's not too easy to click a crappy GUI together if you want to > do this in Ada, but that sort of development doesn't get a rocket to > fly to the moon, does it? > > > Vinzent. -- ====================================================================== 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 ======================================================================