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-Thread: 103376,cbdf4b7efd0b03b5,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed1.uni2.dk!dfeeder1.cybercity.dk!dspool1.cybercity.dk!dreader1.cybercity.dk!not-for-mail Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:44:48 +0100 From: Thomas User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Decline? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <47d7de50$0$89175$157c6196@dreader1.cybercity.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 77.212.116.206 X-Trace: 1205329488 dreader1.cybercity.dk 89175 77.212.116.206:38207 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20312 Date: 2008-03-12T14:44:48+01:00 List-Id: Today I stumbled on this fairly old (2003) paper on the merits (or lack of!) of Ada. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/pub/documents/03.reports/pdf/03tn021.pdf As I'm a complete beginner in Ada, I have no way of knowing if this paper is spot on, or way off. It doesn't really matter very much to me, as I'm just learnig Ada for fun (and so far I'm having lots of fun!), but should I ever decide to use it for any "real" projects, it's of course worth considering if the author, Jim Smith, is right in his bleak conclusion: ----- Program managers considering the technical and programmatic risks of incorporating specific programming languages in software-intensive systems could reasonably -conclude that Ada is a programming language with a dubious or nonexistent future. ----- Sounds awfully dark and gloomy eh? So, what's your take on this? Is Ada still an important player? Did Ada 2005 change anything? Is all well and good in the Ada world, and Jim Smith is simply blowing smoke out of his blowhole? Sincerely, Thomas