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=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, TO_NO_BRKTS_PCNT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2a33d4b091fc3c30 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-01 05:37:34 PST Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!ucbvax!HDSC-CALM.SSC.AF.MIL!curt From: curt@HDSC-CALM.SSC.AF.MIL (Curtis Frazier) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Re: Why IBM is a detriment to non-Mandate Ada growth Message-ID: <9303011337.AA00434@hdsc-calm.ssc.af.mil.hdsc.ssc.af.mil> Date: 1 Mar 93 13:37:34 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Date: 1993-03-01T13:37:34+00:00 List-Id: Resent-To: info-ada Resent-Date: Sat, 06 Mar 93 10:44:44 EST Resent-From: cragge@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu Coorporate America has neither the time, talent, or treasury to use a language such as Ada because there are not many people who use it. You must remember, COBOL and FORTRAN consists of more than 75% of the code out there. Going to Ada, a company would lose all of the talent that it had. For example, you have COBOL programmers with 20+ years of experience. If I were a boss, I wouldn't lose all that experience to go to a language that many people don't know. We cannot convert those programs either because of the time required.