From: "Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93" <condicma@PWFL.COM>
Subject: Re: long term viability of Ada
Date: 1996/09/24
Date: 1996-09-24T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <96092412370174@psavax.pwfl.com> (raw)
Larry Kilgallen <kilgallen@EISNER.DECUS.ORG> writes:
>In article <3245AFBF.3E28@thomsoft.com>, Dave Wood <dpw@thomsoft.com> writes:
>
>> In fact, we've noted an increasing trend in people looking to move
>> *from* C++ *to* Ada 95. Right now, I would consider this to be
>> essentially anecdotal because at this point only a few true Ada 95
>> compilers have hit the market.
>
>Dave can count sales, but for the rest of us one metric might be
>to see bookstores briskly selling many volumes entitled "Ada for
>C++ Programmers" or similar.
>
Probably the best indicator of long-term viability would be the
number of college level courses being taught which utilize Ada95.
People promote the technology they are most familiar with and as
students emerge from school knowing Ada95, they'll likely sell
their bosses on it.
MDC
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1996-09-24 0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93 [this message]
1996-09-25 0:00 ` long term viability of Ada Larry Kilgallen
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1996-09-24 0:00 Mark Bell
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1996-09-21 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-20 0:00 Greg A Barnett
1996-09-20 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-20 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Shayne Flint
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-09-22 0:00 ` nasser
1996-09-23 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-09-24 0:00 ` nasser
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Uri Raz
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1996-10-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Stephen M O'Shaughnessy
1996-09-24 0:00 ` bourass
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Byron Kauffman
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1996-09-25 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-27 0:00 ` nasser
1996-09-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
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1996-09-22 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1996-10-04 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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