Re: Ada used in General Aviation (GA) applications?

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"Marin David Condic" <nobody@noplace.com> wrote in message
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> And we disagree on this.... how?

You said: "The embedded market already hates Ada with the white hot
intensity of a thousand suns for a variety of historical reasons." And I
pointed out that the only significant use of Ada is in embedded systems.
That means either your statement is wrong, or Ada is doomed - in fact it is
already dead, like a tree with Dutch Elm Disease. The leaves haven't found
out yet.

Both RRS and Aonix spent a lot of effort trying to push Ada into more
mainstream programming. Neither company was successful, and both companies
have pretty much given up. Besides, non-embedded programming is on its way
to extinction anyway - those projects and jobs are rapidly moving to very
low-cost countries. Obviously, quality isn't even on the radar.

Ada's only chance for further expansion is in various kinds of embedded
systems (bigger ones; Ada isn't really suited for single-board computers).

                        Randy.

> MDC
>
> Randy Brukardt wrote:
> >
> > Ada's share of non-embedded markets is zero to any reasonable precision
that
> > you want to use. I don't forsee that changing in any significant way
(the
> > $25 I can put into marketing Ada and Claw isn't going to make any
> > difference). The only place it gets used is in larger embedded systems
(like
> > avionics, ATC, etc.) But perhaps you are using some odd-ball definition
of
> > "embedded"??
> >
> >                    Randy.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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