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: 103376,8cc95983ce7acc64 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-24 09:59:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Commentary on Industry Move to C++ Date: 24 Aug 2001 09:59:06 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0108240859.4d63d2e5@posting.google.com> References: <3B859FCD.5FEA40DD@lmtas.lmco.com> <3b85b1fc_1@news3.prserv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 998672346 4500 127.0.0.1 (24 Aug 2001 16:59:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Aug 2001 16:59:06 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12387 Date: 2001-08-24T16:59:06+00:00 List-Id: "Andrzej Lewandowski" wrote in message news:<3b85b1fc_1@news3.prserv.net>... > I don't know what is your industry. But industry in general has > already moved to Java and VB and will be moving pretty soon to C#. > According to recent statistics (don't remember the source - > Gartner?...) number of programmers using Java is karger than the > number of programmers using C++ And the number of programmers using WORD macros is no doubt even higher, as is the number of programmers using Visual Basic and COBOL, but raw numbers like this don't tell you much. Certainly in large segments of the industry, in particular the segments in which Ada is a large player, Java has only a slight presence, and is unlikely to make substantial inroads in the near future. It will be a while before we have either a commercial plane or a military fighter, or an air traffic control system entirely programmed in Java, if ever. As for the C# comment, this is mere speculation -- a lot of observers, even those who think that .NET will be wildly successful (itself not a forgone conclusion) think that other languages will dominate C# in this environment. Just because Microsoft champions something does not mean it will succeed. Remember that OS/2 version 1 was a Microsoft production, as were the pre 3.0 windows versions.