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: 103376,5faad1722103f6a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.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: <40C05C95.8020900@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: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics References: <90Stc.15309$be.3117@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> <40b86431$0$186$edfadb0f@dread11.news.tele.dk> <40B888E0.5040707@noplace.com> <40B8C86A.3050302@noplace.com> <40BE6BFD.8030305@noplace.com> <40BF141F.8020001@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 11:27:54 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.247.65.92 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net 1086348474 165.247.65.92 (Fri, 04 Jun 2004 04:27:54 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 04:27:54 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1092 Date: 2004-06-04T11:27:54+00:00 List-Id: I'd question that statistic. "Developed" as in "Developed today on new program starts?" or "Developed" as in "Historically since the beginning of computer languages, more programs have been developed in..." Guess it depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is... ;-) I'd also disagree with characterizing Cobol as a "failure" when in its day it succeeded in capturing nearly *all* of the business programming market. Did Ada capture nearly *all* of the embedded programming market? I like Ada, but if the definition of "success" is "achieving the stated goal" and the original stated goal of Ada was to address the embedded market, someone could make a fair case that capturing less than 1% of that market might just qualify as a "failure" by a reasonably objective standard. Or can anyone/anything be a success just by setting the bar low enough? MDC Jeffrey Carter wrote: > > > Right. More SW is developed in COBOL than any other language. > > "COBOL? Not *that* dead, old failure!" > -- ====================================================================== 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 ======================================================================