"Larry Elmore" <ljelmore@home.com> a �crit dans le message news:
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> How many standard, cross-compiler, cross-platform libraries exist for
> _any_ language? I'd be willing to bet more would be in Fortran than any
> other language.

You are right, but I doubt that helps Ada a lot.

> It's been no more "hyped" than any other OO language. If this is your
> argument, why is C++ still around?

Microsoft ?

> I think your second point is bogus. Reinventing the wheel goes on
> everywhere and in every language (and often because the developer feels
> he/she can do a better job than whoever came before).

It's obvious to me that this is a counterproductive attitude.
People fight or at least should fight with very good reasons against this
kind of developer's feelings.

> No kidding. That's more than you can say about C/C++!!!

I agree. Why do you think we use Ada ?