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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101deb,af27044bbd8d36a1 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,86616b1931cbdae5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: rav@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (robin) Subject: Re: Is Ada likely to survive ? Date: 1997/08/01 Message-ID: <5rrtlt$i99$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 261272793 Expires: 1 November 1997 00:00:00 GMT References: <33D005F2.E5DCD710@kaiwan.com> <5qp3cf$aqc$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <01bc977a$adaf91a0$8cb45ec3@newart.artel.it> Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. NNTP-Posting-User: rav Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pl1 Date: 1997-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: "Valerio Bellizzomi" writes: >Ada is the language I want to SUPPORT, because it is very suited for Large >Applications development and maintenance. The Ada reusability mechanisms >(such as packages) are the most powerful I've seen after 10 years of >programming. You'll find those attributes in PL/I, which has traditionally been used for building large systems. Probably the most widely-known of these projects is the Multics system. PL/I for OS/2 has tools for building and supporting large systems built by teams. It's known as the PL/I Toolkit. That also was produced by IBM, who are maintaining it. >robin scritto nell'articolo ><5qp3cf$aqc$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>... >> safetran writes: >> >> >I am looking for opinions on whether you think the Ada language is >going >> >to be around in the next 5 years ? How about 10 years ? >> >> >I appreciate that with the over 50 million lines of US DOD Ada code >that >> >exist and the numerous other Ada projects around the world, Ada will >be >> >around for quite a while (to maintain all this code). However, I am >> >looking at it more from the point of view of new projects. >> >> >I work for a **commercial** company in the US and we use Ada for >> >embedded, real time applications. I am now about to start a couple of >> >new projects and need to decide whether I should continue the use of >Ada >> >or move to C/C++/Java. Things that worry me are: >> >> >(1) Will the compiler vendors be around in the long run. >> >> >(2)Its already difficult to find Ada programmers and many programmers >do >> >not want to work in Ada as it has lower market value. >> >> >(3)My products have a life expectancy of over 10 years and so I need to >> >find people to maintain the code in the long run. >> >> >Note: I have been using Ada for over 7 years and so am quite aware of >> >its benefits and don't need to be convinced [I also program in C/C++ >:)] >> >-- >> >Rakesh >> >Rakesh.Malhotra@Safetran.com >> >> If you're worried about the long-term availability, and want the >> benefits of Ada, why not consider PL/I? >> >> It provides the capability of Ada, particularly for real-time. >> >> IBM has recently brought out PL/I for Windows 95 and Windows NT, >> and shortly before that, for AIX and OS/2. AFAIK, it is also >> working on porting a version of that compiler for the mainframe. >> >> That company has had PL/I on its mainframes for the past >> 30 years or so.