Re: long term viability of Ada

[nasser@apldbio.com]

>
>The Ada market continues to grow.
>

I don't see this. Have you looked at the help wanted Ads in the Sunday
papers lately?
 
In the commercial sector in the US there is almost no one using Ada.

Ada is used mostly in DOD related software/real-time/embedded type
of application.

I believe Ada is a better/safer language than C/C++, but if no one uses
it (other than few defense companies), it does not really matter how good
it is (from the point of view of getting a job in it), why go into the 
pains of finding  work in Ada in the US, and all that security 
clearance/interrogations thing one has to go through just to get the 
privilege to use it, when C/C++ jobs are all over the place and every 
where you want them and at any time, and they pay better too.

When I retire in about 40 years (Ok, may be in 35 years :), I'll code in Ada 
just for the fun of it, but meanwhile I'll use C/C++ because that where 
the jobs are. 

Nasser