Re: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language)

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org>]

"Randy Brukardt" writes:
> As far as the rest of your troll, your conclusion is that Ada needs a $100
> million markover -- which is clearly not going to happen. So why do you
> bother hanging out here and waste the rest of our time with it? You must do
> it just to get attention - I'd suggest that kidnapping yourself would be
> more effective (a la Audrey Seiler).

Better - write free software in Ada.  Advertise that you can get good
software out the door quickly, thanks to Ada's superiority.  Show that
Ada programs are inherently safer and more maintainable than programs
in any other language.  Increase the awareness that there are lots of
good libraries out there that provide as much leverage as Java or C++.

GNU/Linux became popular because computer science students were
exposed to it.  It is time now to expose Ada to these people, who in
years to come will make decisions.  Make sure they at least know about
Ada and never choose XYZ out of sheer ignorance.

You may think that writing proprietary software helps spread the word.
It doesn't.  Even high-profile proprietary apps do very little to
advertise the tools they use.  The more Ada is used in life-critical
apps, the more the crows thinks Ada is a special-purpose language. By
writing free, general-purpose software for PCs and Macs, you can
dispel this myth.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.