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: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-19 14:01:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:20:15 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9vr0aj$hjm$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9vnrj9$8me$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <20011219113724.09dc6ffa.nospam@attbi.com> <9vqkf8$cu1$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3C210174.3010007@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1008796819 18038 136.170.200.133 (19 Dec 2001 21:20:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Dec 2001 21:20:19 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:18125 Date: 2001-12-19T21:20:19+00:00 List-Id: "Ian S. Nelson" wrote in message news:3C210174.3010007@earthlink.net... > programs done in ada. If 5000 programmers got interested then the thing > to do would be to start an organized project to build a complete system > out of ada, it should be easier to do and more correct than the GNU > project. Trust me on this, if that happened, companies would get > interested. > > I would suspect that if an interesting enough Ada project got a toe-hold of a start, there would be people willing to jump on it & turn it into something big. A lot of the discussion around this particular thread has been about what sort of Ada project would be interesting enough to capture the imaginations of a bunch of developers. 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/