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,c62a5e526aafd9d4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-28 06:55:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.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: The Hobby Lobby was Windows CE? Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:45:22 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9p1utj$d8k$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9onhgu$9h9$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BAF77E6.9BDE9102@adaworks.com> <9onvig$f6n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3bb05ee7.10496763@news.demon.co.uk> <3BB0B3C4.432E2B4B@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <3bb1d07f.18201562@news.demon.co.uk> <3BB2075A.57C22F55@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <3BB22F0E.718B1244@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9otbs2$juj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ovaf2$c18$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BB340C6.DC51CB98@lmtas.lmco.com> <9ovh43$erd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1001684723 13588 136.170.200.133 (28 Sep 2001 13:45:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Sep 2001 13:45:23 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13465 Date: 2001-09-28T13:45:23+00:00 List-Id: Fortran is almost certainly not as popular as, say, C++ or Java currently are. However, I've seen *lots* of Fortran in use in various scientific, engineering and simulation work. A lot of the reasons for its popularity are legacy systems and legacy programmers. While I agree that there are numerous developers who won't know Fortran or use Fortran or believe that Fortran has assumed room temperature, I'd venture a guess that it is still entrenched in more places than Ada is. So I wouldn't be surprised that a Fortran compiler is enjoying good sales without a presence on store shelves. I'd also believe that some Ada compilers are enjoying "good" sales - with the meaning of "good" being rather relative to the size of the companies and their expectations - without a presence on store shelves. The question is, how much better would sales be if there *were* a presence on store shelves where impulse buyers with no prior Ada experience might pick it up? MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:XQ_s7.8165$ev2.14035@www.newsranger.com... > > Actually, I don't think the variety of application areas is all that wide. Just > because it sells well at LMC (and at my commercial flight simulator company as > well, BTW), doesn't mean the average software developer even knows it exists. I > run into a suprising amount of developers on the net who are convinced Fortran > is a dead language. I believe this is the situation that getting boxes on store > shelves would help to alleviate. >