From: "Dan'l Miller" <optikos@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Ada Successor Language
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 16:56:03 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2018-06-03T16:56:03-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ed9cd4-f00a-4324-ad60-8fb1eeaa3eb4@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zi0b1x1e.fsf@nightsong.com>
On Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 2:37:38 PM UTC-5, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Lucretia writes:
> > It's seen as old fashioned because it uses a Wirthian-esque syntax,
> > yet C syntax is just as old.
>
> It has Algol-esque syntax and Algol's best known dialect was from 1960.
> C is nowhere near that old.
C's syntax derives directly from B. (B descended from BCPL at Multics but BCPL had a more Algol-esque/PL/I-lite syntax.) B originated in 1969.
> > 6) The commercial users of Ada, aerospace/military, don't do open
> > source, they use it though.
>
> I thought Ada was losing ground even in those areas.
Job postings are a moderately good leading indicator. Job postings from defense contractors in the Dallas & Fort Worth, Texas, metropolitan area fall into 3 categories:
1) Java, Java, everywhere, including non-UI/UX embedded systems.
2) C/C++ for embedded hard-realtime.
3) Ada-to-C++ conversion to decommission Ada systems.
In recent months, I haven't seen •any• Ada-only or you're-going-to-author-Ada-source-code job postings at DoD/aerospace companies locally here. And that includes the local facilities for Raytheon, Boeing, Rockwell Collins, L3, General Dynamics, Northrup Grumman, and Textron Vaught Bell helicopters.
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2018-06-02 4:43 Ada Successor Language Shark8
2018-06-02 6:52 ` Luke A. Guest
2018-06-04 2:27 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-04 21:06 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-05 12:31 ` Lucretia
2018-06-02 8:12 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-02 12:14 ` Mehdi Saada
2018-06-02 12:43 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-03 7:39 ` Safety of user-defined operators (was: Ada Successor Language) G.B.
2018-06-03 7:58 ` Safety of user-defined operators Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-02 12:57 ` Ada Successor Language Luke A. Guest
2018-06-04 21:17 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-06-02 13:48 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-03 10:01 ` ric.wai88
2018-06-03 13:04 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-03 13:09 ` Shark8
2018-06-03 15:14 ` Lucretia
2018-06-03 15:09 ` Lucretia
2018-06-03 15:14 ` ric.wai88
2018-06-03 15:16 ` Lucretia
2018-06-03 15:22 ` ric.wai88
2018-06-03 15:31 ` Lucretia
2018-06-03 15:41 ` ric.wai88
2018-06-03 15:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-03 16:43 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2018-06-04 5:01 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2018-06-04 7:19 ` Simon Wright
2018-06-04 7:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-04 13:53 ` Björn Lundin
2018-06-04 16:54 ` G. B.
2018-06-04 19:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-04 22:12 ` G.B.
2018-06-05 7:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-04 13:25 ` Lucretia
2018-06-04 14:08 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-04 14:55 ` Lucretia
2018-06-26 13:58 ` jm.tarrasa
2018-06-26 18:44 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2018-06-03 18:44 ` Björn Lundin
2018-06-03 19:37 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-03 23:56 ` Dan'l Miller [this message]
2018-06-04 0:24 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-04 0:41 ` Ben Bacarisse
2018-06-04 2:01 ` ric.wai88
2018-06-05 16:46 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-06-06 21:02 ` gautier_niouzes
2018-06-08 10:03 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-06-04 3:19 ` John Smith
2018-06-04 20:56 ` Mehdi Saada
2018-06-04 21:14 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-05 0:17 ` Shark8
2018-06-05 16:01 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-18 3:31 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-18 6:58 ` Björn Lundin
2018-06-18 12:33 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-18 19:16 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-06-18 19:28 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-18 20:22 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2018-06-18 20:45 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-06-18 21:20 ` Shark8
2018-06-18 21:27 ` ric.wai88
2018-06-18 21:51 ` Shark8
2018-06-22 11:14 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-06-18 22:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-18 22:36 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-19 0:10 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-19 20:32 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-19 20:37 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-20 8:30 ` Marius Amado-Alves
2018-06-19 7:58 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-19 19:19 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-19 19:30 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-19 19:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-19 20:30 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-20 7:13 ` Simon Wright
2018-06-29 20:11 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-06-20 7:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-22 11:14 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-06-23 19:21 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2018-06-24 8:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-24 9:19 ` J-P. Rosen
2018-06-25 7:00 ` briot.emmanuel
2018-06-25 8:23 ` Marius Amado-Alves
2018-06-29 20:20 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-06-25 8:58 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-06-25 9:19 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2018-06-25 12:41 ` J-P. Rosen
2018-06-25 14:03 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-06-25 14:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-25 14:44 ` J-P. Rosen
2018-06-25 15:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-25 16:21 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-26 7:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-26 13:59 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-26 14:05 ` ric.wai88
2018-06-26 15:38 ` Simon Wright
2018-06-26 16:50 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-26 17:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-26 18:47 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-26 19:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-26 20:03 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-26 20:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-29 3:11 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-29 3:37 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-29 3:48 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-29 7:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-29 7:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-29 13:25 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-29 17:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-29 19:46 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-29 21:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-29 22:21 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-26 21:15 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-06-27 7:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-26 14:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-26 14:42 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-26 14:47 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-26 21:01 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-06-26 22:03 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-27 2:28 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-27 2:58 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-27 7:15 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-27 16:33 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-27 19:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-25 18:05 ` J-P. Rosen
2018-06-26 7:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-25 19:32 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-06-25 19:16 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-06-25 20:13 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-25 20:52 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-06-26 7:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-26 20:16 ` J-P. Rosen
2018-06-26 20:49 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-06-26 21:09 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-29 20:35 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-06-25 14:18 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-06-29 20:47 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-06-29 20:23 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-07-02 9:37 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-06-29 20:17 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-06-29 22:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-29 22:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-06-30 8:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-19 21:07 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-20 7:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-22 11:13 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2018-06-22 16:02 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-25 8:20 ` Marius Amado-Alves
2018-06-26 17:20 ` Shark8
2018-06-26 17:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-25 8:21 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-25 9:12 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-22 15:18 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-22 15:49 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-19 2:45 ` Shark8
2018-06-19 7:50 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-19 15:35 ` Shark8
2018-06-19 7:35 ` G. B.
2018-06-19 11:36 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-19 15:37 ` Shark8
2018-06-19 17:07 ` G. B.
2018-06-29 20:05 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-06-29 23:18 ` Shark8
2018-07-03 21:39 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-06-19 0:20 ` Lucretia
2018-06-19 11:51 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-19 13:54 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-06 9:13 ` Niklas Holsti
2018-06-08 16:28 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-08 16:56 ` Mehdi Saada
2018-06-08 17:33 ` Shark8
2018-06-12 1:51 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-12 15:23 ` Luke A. Guest
2018-06-12 15:44 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-12 17:59 ` Luke A. Guest
2018-06-13 16:03 ` Dan'l Miller
2018-06-13 16:20 ` Luke A. Guest
2018-06-13 18:04 ` G. B.
2018-06-13 5:53 ` Shark8
2018-06-13 6:57 ` Simon Wright
2018-06-13 18:58 ` Shark8
2018-06-13 19:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-14 3:19 ` Lucretia
2018-06-14 7:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-14 11:25 ` Lucretia
2018-06-14 12:22 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-15 3:35 ` Lucretia
2018-06-15 7:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-15 16:03 ` Lucretia
2018-06-15 20:50 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2018-06-15 11:38 ` jm.tarrasa
2018-06-15 12:06 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-15 15:42 ` J-P. Rosen
2018-06-15 17:30 ` Simon Wright
2018-06-15 17:55 ` jm.tarrasa
2018-06-15 19:58 ` Shark8
2018-06-16 7:04 ` Simon Wright
2018-06-16 9:14 ` jm.tarrasa
2018-06-16 10:22 ` Simon Wright
2018-06-16 10:50 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2018-06-16 11:32 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-13 21:15 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-14 3:20 ` Lucretia
2018-06-14 3:27 ` Shark8
2018-06-14 5:17 ` Paul Rubin
2018-06-14 21:00 ` Randy Brukardt
2018-06-15 3:41 ` Lucretia
2018-06-15 7:08 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-06-15 7:15 ` Simon Wright
2018-06-14 8:51 ` Marius Amado-Alves
2018-06-08 20:38 ` Mehdi Saada
2018-06-13 5:46 ` Shark8
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