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: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-09 08:05:17 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: is Ada dying? Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 10:51:35 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9pv2tp$3o3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3bc16680.2581922@news.demon.co.uk> <6gpw7.42573$jE3.4985089@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <3bc2b008.1326667@news.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1002639097 3843 136.170.200.133 (9 Oct 2001 14:51:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Oct 2001 14:51:37 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:14023 Date: 2001-10-09T14:51:37+00:00 List-Id: You can see from participation in this newsgroup that there must be some increase in interest in Ada. The number of posts seems to keep gradually climbing. Maybe more hobbyists? Maybe additional university classes using Ada? Maybe a few more companies doing serious work in Ada? Maybe a lot of things. I wouldn't doubt that there is *some* increased interest in Ada - how much being a hard to determine number. We're definitely not as big a market as C++ or Java, but that doesn't make it non-existent. The biggest problem is geography. There are some major projects/development efforts that exist in Ada, but not in every community. If you want to work in Ada and don't care where you live, you can probably find a good job relatively easily. If you insist on living in some particular location you may find Ada jobs in that arena are asymptotically approaching zero. But the best thing to do is to create a job you love to do. Working on Ada projects at home that have some potential for commercial success is one way to do that. If it flies, you have a job you love to do. It also helps create a bigger environment for Ada, so even if it doesn't become a commercial success, it may inspire other commercial successes and increase the liklihood of Ada jobs being available. 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/ "John McCabe" wrote in message news:3bc2b008.1326667@news.demon.co.uk... > > I seem to remember a survey in Computer Contractor or something like > that (may have been Computing, the BCS mag) that said Ada demand was > up. Again, although demand may be up, it may just be because supply > has dropped. Occam's still in demand in various places, but nobody > wants to do it, so it remains in demand! >