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: 103376,3a20687b5291e42e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-21 15:27:47 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!dearn!blekul11!ccsdec1.ufsia.ac.be!reks.uia.ac.be!idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be! Belgium.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!world!blanket.mitre.org!linus.mitre.org!linus!sdl From: sdl@linus.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvintchouk) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Fed OOPS ... OOPS! We forgot to include Ada! Date: 21 Mar 1995 18:29:22 GMT Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA Message-ID: References: <3kkng4$j1s@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.mitre.org In-reply-to: dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM's message of 20 Mar 1995 14:10:44 -0600 Date: 1995-03-21T18:29:22+00:00 List-Id: In article <3kkng4$j1s@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller) writes: > This was posted on comp.object and comp.lang. except Ada> > > I'm feeling somewhat peckish, so I'll just post it here in its > entirety without further comment: > ============================================================================ > Article 27510 of comp.object: > From: chrisz@parcplace.com > Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.object,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.c++,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.oracle,comp.databases.object > Subject: Fed OOPS '95 April 19th > Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 09:14:39 PDT > Organization: ParcPlace Systems, Inc. > Lines: 137 > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Parcplace, AMS, Rational Software, hp, OMG, ODI, Versant, LLNL, EXPERSOFT, > Computerworld Client/Server Journal and Enterprise Re-Engineering present: > > Federal Object Oriented Programming Symposium (FED OOPS 95) > "Enterprise Integration through Object Technology" Your point is well taken. Whenever I go to hear a presentation by a major workstation vendor or OS vendor, they never seem to mention Ada unless they are specifically asked about it, or unless they are briefing an audience that they already know has high government involvement (and sometimes not even then). Likewise in the trade press, articles that tout OO for business audiences often mention C++ and Smalltalk (and more recently, CORBA)--but never Ada 95. This low profile for Ada is continuing to hurt its credibility and marketability. The absence of "big name" vendors who endorse Ada (even when their audience is non-government) is particularly discouraging. -- Steven D. Litvintchouk MITRE Corporation 202 Burlington Road Fone: (617)271-7753 Bedford, MA 01730-1420 ARPA: sdl@mitre.org Disclaimer: As far as I am aware,