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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.153.107 with SMTP id vf11mr4770741pab.44.1472321702712; Sat, 27 Aug 2016 11:15:02 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.157.9.106 with SMTP id 97mr701272otp.7.1472321702674; Sat, 27 Aug 2016 11:15:02 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!j128no467164ith.0!news-out.google.com!d68ni40892ith.0!nntp.google.com!j128no467162ith.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 11:15:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2294c089-90ce-4fcf-905b-56f8b64f9c55@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.250.26.106; posting-account=3pYsyQoAAACcI-ym7XtMOI2PDU8gRZS5 NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.250.26.106 References: <866e6e94-6e49-4b73-8840-9d0987254253@googlegroups.com> <621e5847-240e-4b6f-8a2a-8ee0820823a2@googlegroups.com> <0977f4cc-53ab-4ce6-aca2-7cb7aa059fdd@googlegroups.com> <41d172af-40f3-4e03-879a-9d335d2f1ecf@googlegroups.com> <2294c089-90ce-4fcf-905b-56f8b64f9c55@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <6fdf03c2-6fea-4480-ad3c-80f88b944dcb@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: why is java so widespread when ada is free? makes 0 sense From: Andrew Shvets Injection-Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 18:15:02 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:31604 Date: 2016-08-27T11:15:02-07:00 List-Id: 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 th= is was a huge deal, getting to the market first with a so-so product was mo= re important than being late with a quality product (still is the case toda= y, 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 s= upporting elements around it could be much much better.