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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b99897135d6631cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news.illinois.net!attcg1!ip.att.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: memory management and productivity Date: 23 Jun 2004 16:15:27 -0600 Organization: Berbee Information Networks Corporation Message-ID: References: <40d15023$1_1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net> <40d69121$1_1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net> In article , 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) writes: > The rocket scientists probably don't need or want automated memory > management for their real-time applications, but desktop application > developers probably do. Why not make them both happy? > > Oh, the desktop developers are not "demanding" it? Of course they > aren't, because they aren't using Ada in the first place. And why > aren't they using Ada? Perhaps in part because it doesn't have GC. They are off using Smalltalk ? Why would they be using that rather than using the "build it yourself" form of garbage collection discussed here, all the time complaining that it was not built in. > Why wait for your current customers to "demand" something before > adding a basic feature that could turn *potential* customers into > *actual* customers? I'm afraid that such short-sighted views will only > perpetuate the demise of Ada. I have the feeling you don't have experience in marketing or overall company finance.