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: 2001-07-27 07:49:18 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: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:05:32 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9jrsfe$30e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <5be89e2f.0107250250.2954154c@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 996242734 3086 136.170.200.133 (27 Jul 2001 14:05:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Jul 2001 14:05:34 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:10639 Date: 2001-07-27T14:05:34+00:00 List-Id: If you look at who the "Major" players are in computer languages, you tend to see a lot of C/C++ & Java for most problem domains. (We could start a whole debate about how to determine the most "popular" computer languages are - its been done here before. Job postings are some indication, but are debatable as an accurate indicator...) Since we Ada-philes want to see our pet language become one of the "Majors" so we can spend time working in the language we enjoy the most, we tend to target things like C++ and Java. (Maybe Ada is a Java wannabe? Or more like C#? :-) C++ apps tend to be the kinds of things that Ada would excel at and C++ is probably the easiest to criticize, so it gets viewed as the major competitor and cited most often as being "The Other Guys". I think Ada is well positioned to take over the C++ slot if a few things come together. People are beginning to be disilusioned with C++ and see many of the weaknesses it has. They're searching for an alternative (Java, C#?) but not necessarily settling on anything yet. (Java had a quick blossom because of the incredible marketing effort by Sun, but it too is begining to show weaknesses in some areas, so people are still shopping.) Ada solves a lot of the problems that C++ has while fitting nicely into the kinds of apps that C++ is used for. If the right pieces come together for Ada and the right attention is grabbed, it could become a major player too. It would certainly help to get Ada adopted in a couple of major, high-visibility projects! 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/ "David Bolen" wrote in message news:usnfjus2m.fsf@ctwd0143.fitlinxx.com... > > It's interesting that I've seen just about all responses wondering > about equivalent sites for C++ when I didn't even mention any specific > language in my initial post. I guess it's clear who's in Ada's > sights, eh? :-) >