* Re: When will Ada's big moment arrive?
@ 1999-05-27 0:00 Robert I. Eachus
1999-05-28 0:00 ` Bill Ghrist
1999-05-28 0:00 ` P.S. Norby
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From: Robert I. Eachus @ 1999-05-27 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Chris wrote:
> So, will Ada ever gets it day, and become very popular?
> What is missing from Ada that does not make it as popular
> as Java or C or C++ or Delphi or Perl or Python or VB etc..?
Imagine a book named "Ada for Dummies." Case Closed.
--
Robert I. Eachus
with Standard_Disclaimer;
use Standard_Disclaimer;
function Message (Text: in Clever_Ideas) return Better_Ideas is...
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* Re: When will Ada's big moment arrive?
1999-05-27 0:00 When will Ada's big moment arrive? Robert I. Eachus
@ 1999-05-28 0:00 ` Bill Ghrist
1999-06-02 0:00 ` Bill Beckwith
1999-05-28 0:00 ` P.S. Norby
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From: Bill Ghrist @ 1999-05-28 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Robert I. Eachus wrote:
>
> Chris wrote:
>
> > So, will Ada ever gets it day, and become very popular?
> > What is missing from Ada that does not make it as popular
> > as Java or C or C++ or Delphi or Perl or Python or VB etc..?
>
> Imagine a book named "Ada for Dummies." Case Closed.
> --
Actually, I think that sounds like a great idea. Package it with GNAT
for Windows and AdaGide on a ready-to-load CD, and you might have a real
winner. Don't be fooled by the "For Dummies" name--those books are not
necessarily for the unintelligent, simply for those who are starting out
with very little knowledge of the subject. The only one I have had
experience with is "HTML for Dummies", but when I was looking for a good
reference book on HTML, it was by far the most useful one that I found.
Who knows--with some savy marketing, this could be the new Turbo Pascal
:-)
Regards,
Bill Ghrist
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* Re: When will Ada's big moment arrive?
1999-05-27 0:00 When will Ada's big moment arrive? Robert I. Eachus
1999-05-28 0:00 ` Bill Ghrist
@ 1999-05-28 0:00 ` P.S. Norby
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From: P.S. Norby @ 1999-05-28 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Robert I. Eachus wrote:
>
> Chris wrote:
>
> > So, will Ada ever gets it day, and become very popular?
> > What is missing from Ada that does not make it as popular
> > as Java or C or C++ or Delphi or Perl or Python or VB etc..?
>
> Imagine a book named "Ada for Dummies." Case Closed.
> --
>
> Robert I. Eachus
>
> with Standard_Disclaimer;
> use Standard_Disclaimer;
> function Message (Text: in Clever_Ideas) return Better_Ideas is...
How about "Ada... because you're not a dummy"!
--
P.S. Norby
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-- Scott Adams
"No excuses. No embarrassment. No apologies...
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* Re: When will Ada's big moment arrive?
1999-05-28 0:00 ` Bill Ghrist
@ 1999-06-02 0:00 ` Bill Beckwith
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From: Bill Beckwith @ 1999-06-02 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Bill Ghrist <ghristwd@pgh.net> wrote in <374E9AEF.178572F3@pgh.net>:
>... Don't be fooled by the "For Dummies" name--those books are not
>necessarily for the unintelligent, simply for those who are starting out
>with very little knowledge of the subject. The only one I have had
>experience with is "HTML for Dummies", but when I was looking for a good
>reference book on HTML, it was by far the most useful one that I found.
>Who knows--with some savy marketing, this could be the new Turbo Pascal
>:-)
My favorite book on ATM signalling is "ATM for Dummies"!?!
-- Bill
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