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=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,PLING_QUERY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,b6d862eabdeb1fc4 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada noob here! Is Ada widely used? References: <20100520192448.836181A795C@www.ecn.org> <87d3wqbayp.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <1lEJn.4421$Z6.759@edtnps82> Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 22:11:05 -0400 Message-ID: <82k4qsafye.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/9ptj8cmCOvluismiwwGF1YPFk4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: d55e94bfb3229e197caa725463 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:11950 Date: 2010-05-24T22:11:05-04:00 List-Id: Duke Normandin writes: > On 2010-05-21, Warren wrote: >> Ludovic Brenta expounded in news:87d3wqbayp.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org: >> >>> Duke Normandin writes: >>>> On 2010-05-20, Anonymous wrote: >>>>>> Just curious to know if Ada is still widely used, and in what >>>>>> area(s) does it excel, e.g. data processing, number crunching, >>>>>> graphics, etc? TIA.. >> >> It's ok to be curious but this begs the question of why >> it is important for it to be "popular"? >> >> Do you have to sell it's use at your company? >> >> Are you considering the availability of tools and/or >> source code? >> >> Or, are you interested in it for your own (or open sourced) >> projects? >> >> Depending on the answers to some of these factors, >> popularity may not be important. > > Nothing too terribly mind-boggling! ;) Just don't want to spend the time > learning a "soon-to-be" fossil of a language, with no where to go but in a > museum. Been there; done that! I'm also looking at learning Miranda - but > guess what? Nice, simple functional language - but zero community and > support. It _may_ get a second life - maybe. Meanwhile, I'm liking Ada. You have told us why you are scared of learning Ada (it might be a waste of time), but not why you want to learn Ada. Are you just curious? -- -- Stephe