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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, FREEMAIL_REPLY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 11232c,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-29 20:09:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: wv9557@yahoo.com (Will) Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died) Date: 29 Apr 2003 20:09:40 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <4a885870.0304291909.300765f@posting.google.com> References: <9fa75d42.0304230424.10612b1a@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304240446.493ca906@posting.google.com> <3EA7E0E3.8020407@crs4.it> <9fa75d42.0304240950.45114a39@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.91.110.191 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1051672180 7228 127.0.0.1 (30 Apr 2003 03:09:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Apr 2003 03:09:40 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:62914 comp.object:62323 comp.lang.ada:36751 misc.misc:13811 Date: 2003-04-30T03:09:40+00:00 List-Id: Deep blue. Raw hardware power with some user interface written in C. Try to beat that with Ada. softeng3456@netscape.net (soft-eng) wrote in message news:<9fa75d42.0304240950.45114a39@posting.google.com>... > Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote in message news:<3EA7E0E3.8020407@crs4.it>... > > [ FUT comp.lang.ada ] > > > > soft-eng wrote: > > > > > But if you > > > had to develop device drivers for a living, and if > > > the language was truly your choice, would you chose Ada as > > > the language? > > > > Yes. > > > > Hmmm. Very interesting. > > But I am sure you folks couldn't come up with some similar > pronouncements for AI as well. How many people out there who have > years and years of Artificial Intelligence experience and > who really think Ada is the best language for this purpose? > > Any at all?