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, LOTS_OF_MONEY 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: 2001-12-20 15:14:22 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: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 17:43:21 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9vtpic$nck$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9vqa2k$8rc$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1008888204 23956 136.170.200.133 (20 Dec 2001 22:43:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Dec 2001 22:43:24 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18182 Date: 2001-12-20T22:43:24+00:00 List-Id: An Ada OS that rode inside of a STB would be a little like MS-DOS riding along inside of IBM-PCs. Millions of these units are going to be sold and they start to blend the difference between your TV set and your home computer. Right now the OS that rides around in a lot of these boxes isn't terribly more sophisticated than MS-DOS - well maybe it has a lot more features, but I don't think the sophistication or reliability is there. Certainly not like you see in Windows NT or Linux. (And yes, NT is a *lot* more reliable than the OS I've got humming around in my STB at the moment.) Could you imagine what the world for Ada would look like if MS-DOS had been written in Ada? Or Windows 3.1 had its API specified in Ada? I think that's pretty much the kind of opportunity that exists here. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ wrote in message news:KDtU7.15329$NM4.3204765@rwcrnsc53... > > Personally, I think that Ada could do well by finding its way into the > > Digital TV Set Top Box because its an area that isn't already "owned" by > > some other language. Because its relatively new, no one language has any > > sort of huge toolset that makes it impossible to replace without a billion > So perhaps, instead of an angel to fund development of a huge toolset, > we need an angel to fund some new application, like set top boxes, where > Ada has the advantages, and not the disadvantages.