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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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> I thought Ada was losing ground even in those areas.

Job postings are a moderately good leading indicator.  Job postings from de=
fense 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 =E2=80=A2any=E2=80=A2 Ada-only or you're-g=
oing-to-author-Ada-source-code job postings at DoD/aerospace companies loca=
lly here.  And that includes the local facilities for Raytheon, Boeing, Roc=
kwell Collins, L3, General Dynamics, Northrup Grumman, and Textron Vaught B=
ell helicopters.