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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f05f6c2ca4c91ddd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: stt@houdini.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) Subject: Re: long term viability of Ada Date: 1996/09/21 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 184904975 sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com (USENET news) x-nntp-posting-host: houdini.camb.inmet.com references: <324219D1.15FFEF33@bright.net> organization: Intermetrics, Inc. newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-09-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Reposting article removed by rogue canceller. Greg A Barnett (barnett@bright.net) wrote: : ... They claim : that since the DoD is abandoning Ada (their words, not mine) and since : there is very little commercial use of Ada in the US (again their : words), Ada is a dead language that won't be around in 5-10 years. Does : anyone have a crystal ball that sees 5-10 years in the future? What are : the projections for market share, number of projects written in Ada, : dollar value of Ada contracts, etc.? The Ada market continues to grow. You might have them listen in on comp.lang.ada, or visit the lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada website to see how active the Ada market is these days. C++ is the language that seems to be somewhat more under attack at the moment, with C9X and Cobol9X both adding classes, Java grabbing the Internet, and Ada 95 continuing in the high reliability business. If they are interested in CORBA, they should certainly talk to IONA and/or Objective Interface Systems. The Ada 95/CORBA story is quite impressive right now. : BTW, I don't expect this will change their minds, they've made their : decision and facts would just confuse the issue. Sigh! I could use : some encouragment. : -- : Greg A. Barnett : Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems - Akron -Tucker Taft stt@inmet.com http://www.inmet.com/~stt/ Intermetrics, Inc. Cambridge, MA USA