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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10fec3,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid10fec3,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 111308,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid111308,public X-Google-Thread: 108a70,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108a70,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-14 20:13:51 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sid.sigg.com!sid.sigg.com!reinholz From: reinholz@SG0D12.sig01 (Jeff Reinholz) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.oracle,comp.client-server Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Date: 14 Nov 1994 22:07:01 GMT Organization: The Signature Group, Schaumburg IL USA Message-ID: References: <3a6oc5$dkh@nntp1.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.225.15.26 In-reply-to: beckwb@ois.com's message of Mon, 14 Nov 1994 14:19:29 GMT Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.ada:16699 comp.lang.c:68539 comp.programming:12793 comp.lang.c++:78877 comp.object:17390 comp.databases.sybase:12985 comp.databases.oracle:22189 comp.client-server:6810 Date: 1994-11-14T22:07:01+00:00 List-Id: Spending a couple years with ada environments in the defense industry I can add my two cents worth as to how ada go a lousy reputation. One becuase of large object code and ada compiler companies inability to stick to a standard. Secondly because there are a vast number of C programmers and a comparitivly small handful of ada programmers to maintain code. Third that same readablility of code creates a over developed syntax that can be cumbersome in many applications. Forth because of object oriented requirements that ada does not match up with(some say C++ is more object oriented than ada) Similarities with Modulus-2(just kidding). .) I don't think it will ever really gain in popularity, more than it has. Developers are pushing toward a system with a more pure object oriented environment than ada can offer. I.E. Smalltalk. Which is where I would put money the industry will move. Not necessarly Smalltalk but some dirivative. I am certain to catch hell for this from some ada devote's, but for what ada was supposed to do, no one can deny it got off to a bad start.