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, LOTS_OF_MONEY 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: 2001-07-23 07:56:47 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: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 10:18:16 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9jhbnb$pqt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <5be89e2f.0107170838.c71ad61@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 995897899 26461 136.170.200.133 (23 Jul 2001 14:18:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Jul 2001 14:18:19 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10475 Date: 2001-07-23T14:18:19+00:00 List-Id: I don't know about "wrong" - but I think most of us that frequent this group would contend that language-adoption-decisions are frequently (if not mostly) made for reasons other than technical merit and/or economic rationality. I've argued here in the past about the weaknesses Ada has in terms of economic rationality - mostly trying to observe where it is that other languages have an edge that is preventing Ada from being adopted with the hope that it encourages developers to fill those gaps. I think there *are* cases where the rejection of Ada is a rational decision based on economics or (occasionally) technical merit. Still, I think that language decisions become highly emotional things with the techies wanting to opt for the "familiar" (high comfort factor) and management wanting to opt for what has worked before (risk aversion). I'd suspect a large number of participants here would agree. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Mark Lundquist" wrote in message news:Ffh67.385473$p33.7760243@news1.sttls1.wa.home.com... > > I think most participants in this ng would say that "the rest of the world" > is simply wrong, not necessarily stupid. >