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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,971aa11c293c3db1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-17 11:44:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada The Best Language? Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:01:59 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9j1uio$8br$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <5be89e2f.0107170838.c71ad61@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 995392920 8571 136.170.200.133 (17 Jul 2001 18:02:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Jul 2001 18:02:00 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10088 Date: 2001-07-17T18:02:00+00:00 List-Id: Ada is the greatest language ever invented for any and all purposes. Nobody should ever be allowed to use anything else to program any computer for any application. Ada should be made mandatory under penalty of law for all software development of any kind. Violators should have their Geek License rescinded for a period of not less than one nor greater than five years. Storm Troopers should be dispatched to every house in the land with a mandate to erase all other compilers from every computer disk anywhere. (now let's see who we catch with that troll.... :-) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "codesavvy" wrote in message news:5be89e2f.0107170838.c71ad61@posting.google.com... > How come it is not more widely accepted? The stuff I read here states > that it is because the rest of the world is stupid. From what I can > tell there is plenty of crappy code written in Ada. I think many who > share the view that Ada is the best programming language offering > significant advantages over other programming language might want to > re-think their positions.