Re: Ada lives?

[Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>]

In article <383868F9.7E1C0A36@seas.gwu.edu>,
	Michael Feldman <mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu> wrote:

>A final decision by the New York state authorities is expected
>tomorrow, Nov. 22. Check out the above site now to see the
>conjecture, and tomorrow or Tuesday to see the result. If, as
>expected, Matra is chosen, the New York subways will be
>running on Ada very soon.

I had planned to send this information to Michael Feldman
privately, but others in this forum might find it interesting.

I just returned yesterday from a computer conference among the
antipodeans of Australia.  Hal Hart was kind enough to supply me
with a set of Walnut Creek CD's and some CD's of Discovering Ada.

To my surprise, quite a few of the attendees from universities were
interested in having copies.  A couple of them indicated they were
considering Ada as a first year programming language.  I will give
Michael the email addresses in a separate mailing.  

We had a door prize raffle at the conference dinner and I included
donated, in the name of SigAda, a few of the CD's as door prizes. The
Master of Ceremonies, an avid Eiffel advocate, had great fun making
little jokes each time someone won an Ada CD, but he and others at the
conference acknowledged that Ada has not gone away.  

There were several others at the conference who had high regard for
Ada, and I think we were well-served by Mr. Hart's (SigAda's) donation
for the conference.  May I suggest that others among us, who are 
attending such conferences,  do the same.  

I am planning to attend the same conference next year, to present
a tutorial in Ada, and hope to have copies of other Ada compilers 
donated for the conference dinner raffle.  

Richard Riehle
http://www.adaworks.com