From: Andrew Shvets <andrew.shvets@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: why is java so widespread when ada is free? makes 0 sense
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 11:15:02 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2016-08-27T11:15:02-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6fdf03c2-6fea-4480-ad3c-80f88b944dcb@googlegroups.com> (raw)
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Not quite. Ada, when it first came out, required you to buy a compiler and it was closed source. Java, when it first came out was closed source, but the compiler (and run-time environment) was free. During the 90's when this was a huge deal, getting to the market first with a so-so product was more important than being late with a quality product (still is the case today, somewhat.)
So, Java took over. I started programming in Java as well. It didn't help that Java had a ton of literature to get you started and Ada's was nowhere near as organized and developed. The language is great, but the various supporting elements around it could be much much better.
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2016-06-09 12:04 why is java so widespread when ada is free? makes 0 sense endlessboomcapitalism
2016-06-10 5:51 ` Patrick Jakubowski
2016-06-10 20:42 ` rieachus
2016-07-22 17:14 ` endlessboomcapitalism
2016-07-22 20:56 ` David Botton
2016-07-23 3:15 ` gautier_niouzes
2016-07-23 5:44 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2016-07-25 20:57 ` endlessboomcapitalism
2016-08-22 0:15 ` endlessboomcapitalism
2016-08-22 1:20 ` Shark8
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2016-09-01 19:37 ` Shark8
2016-09-01 20:34 ` Simon Wright
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2016-09-10 7:14 ` Simon Wright
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2016-09-23 6:35 ` Simon Wright
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2016-09-24 8:37 ` G.B.
2016-09-24 11:38 ` Simon Wright
2016-09-25 10:08 ` darkestkhan
2016-09-25 12:56 ` rabbibotton
2016-09-25 17:38 ` darkestkhan
2016-09-25 12:52 ` rabbibotton
2016-09-04 12:16 ` David Botton
2016-08-22 11:45 ` Brian Drummond
2016-08-25 15:26 ` Luke A. Guest
2016-08-26 17:49 ` Nicolas Colin Paul de Gloucester
2016-08-26 18:21 ` Some Dude
2016-08-27 18:15 ` Andrew Shvets [this message]
2016-08-29 16:56 ` Nicolas Colin Paul de Gloucester
2016-06-10 9:10 ` Lucretia
2016-06-10 14:16 ` endlessboomcapitalism
2016-07-22 11:47 ` Arie van Wingerden
2016-07-22 12:17 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2016-07-22 12:28 ` Arie van Wingerden
2016-07-22 15:20 ` J-P. Rosen
2016-07-23 0:08 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-07-25 20:58 ` endlessboomcapitalism
2016-07-26 21:25 ` jrmarino
2016-07-29 0:18 ` endlessboomcapitalism
2016-07-29 1:44 ` jrmarino
2016-07-29 0:18 ` endlessboomcapitalism
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