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: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-20 14:30:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc53.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada References: <9vqa2k$8rc$1@nh.pace.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: x_sU7-157969-NM4-3204116@rwcrnsc53 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc53 1008887402 x_sU7-157969-NM4-3204116@rwcrnsc53 (Thu, 20 Dec 2001 22:30:02 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 22:30:02 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 22:30:02 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18179 Date: 2001-12-20T22:30:02+00:00 List-Id: > 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.