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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,e7151167e0767ecc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews2.google.com!not-for-mail From: peter_ho98@yahoo.com (Phong Ho) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Feasibility of using Ada in new development Date: 24 Aug 2004 04:09:54 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <6530a40c.0408240309.36f53e75@posting.google.com> References: <8429999a.0408231027.2850e800@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.37.242.80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1093345794 3029 127.0.0.1 (24 Aug 2004 11:09:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:09:54 +0000 (UTC) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2957 Date: 2004-08-24T04:09:54-07:00 List-Id: I could not advice you to use ADA. I took an ADA course at school last semester and I did like it. Please use .NET or Java. P. Ho www.1sttechnews.com/ "Steve" wrote in message news:... > I believe you will find that you can meet all of your requirements with Ada. > > You will most likely find that you will need to interface to other languages > to make use of external libraries. In my experience if you ask a library > vendor about "Ada" support, they will say no. But if you use the C > interface and set up your own bindings, everything works fine. The time > spent in developing bindings is more than compensated by reduction of > defects. > > If you are really looking at merit and not just a popularity contest, I > think you'll find that Ada wins every time. > > Steve > (The Duck) > > "Robert Law" wrote in message > news:8429999a.0408231027.2850e800@posting.google.com... > > I would like to start by saying my message is not an attempt to start > > a flame war or anything like that. > > > > I've been programming for years using everything from COBOL, RPG, C, > > Java, PHP, etc. I've written a number of business applications, > > usually accounting ones. (That's the advantage of having more than > > twenty years of experience.) I'm at the point in my life where I want > > to pursue a dream I've had for years of having my own software > > development company, basically a VAR or ISV. > > > > I want to use a language that meets the following criteria: > > > > 1. It must be reliable. > > 2. It must be supported. > > 3. It must be usuable to develop applications in a graphical > > environment. Basically Motif, GTK, or KDE. > > 4. It must be usuable to develop programs used via a browser. > > 5. It must be able to interface with relational databases either > > through a standard interface or ODBC. > > 6. It would be nice if it was somewhat object oriented. I'm not an > > object oriented purist, but it does have some nice features. I > > especially like its automatic garbage collection of no lonter used > > variable. > > > > I don't care much whether or not there are millions of programmers > > that know how to use it. Any programmer worth their salt would be > > willing to learn and become proficient in a new language. > > > > I do want it to be a language that is efficient yet doesn't give you a > > rope with a noose or a loaded, cocked, gun when you use it. > > > > You can see that I'm leary of C and C++. I have used them, and > > continue to use them, but I'm not at all sure that I want to use them > > to develop business applicatons. I'm tired of reading about buffer > > overflows. > > > > I have played around somewhat with Ada but by no means am I an expert. > > I'm concerned that Ada may be starting to fade into obscurity. If I > > get my company going (I know its a BIG if), I want to use the language > > for years and not chase after every silver bullet that comes along. > > > > I'm interested in your comments and ideas, especially about Ada being > > able to meet my requirements. > > > > Thanks, > > Robert Law