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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-09 06:22:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.cc.ukans.edu!stl-feed.news.verio.net!newsreader.wustl.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is Ada dying? Date: 8 Oct 2001 18:11:34 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9psq8m$9ic1@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <5ee5b646.0110080702.5a3392e7@posting.google.com> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5435.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14008 Date: 2001-10-08T18:11:34+00:00 List-Id: On 8 Oct 2001 08:02:52 -0700, Robert Dewar wrote: > Isn't it odd in this field that if a technology is not > dominant (by number of applications), then it is considered > dead (examples, Pascal, PL/1, OS/2 ... all of which are > alive and used for many important applications). However, there is a certain point where a technology is at least dying. OS/2, for example, has one implementation, another version of which will never be released, so saith IBM. I think that qualifies as moribund without doubt. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I saw a daemon stare into my face, and an angel touch my breast; each one softly calls my name . . . the daemon scares me less." - "Disciple", Stuart Davis