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: 103376,7251fa99aab97e06 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-08 14:24:09 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: sparky!uunet!world!srctran From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: Re: Ichibah flames, and flames out over, Ada 9X In-Reply-To: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu's message of Mon, 8 Mar 1993 16:28:31 GMT Message-ID: Sender: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Organization: The World References: <1993Mar7.191557.5547@evb.com> <1993Mar8.153639.3603@inmet.camb.inmet.com> <1993Mar8.162831.8767@seas.gwu.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1993 22:15:48 GMT Date: 1993-03-08T22:15:48+00:00 List-Id: With regards to the comments by Tucker and Mike, I think the original emphasis of the posting is being overlooked. Like it or not, Ada right now is in a vicious competition with C++ and Smalltalk, and not doing very well. Thus it seems to me that some purity will have to be sacrificed with regards to Ada9X to achieve that level of commercial success necessary for the DoD to achieve its original goals from Ada83 days. Looking at the people involved with Ada9X, there are very few people with a business stake in the language (DoD types), or a great track record in promoting Ada in the non-Mandated world (vendor types). From the outside, one could make the case that the Ada9X effort is doing its best to improve the language while maintaining the status quo with regards to a language that too many in the non-Mandated world can ignorantly, but easily, dismiss. I highly doubt that many on the Ada9X effort ever though the following thought in any of their deliberations: "If I was spending my own money on this, what would I want". From this point of view, the original posting's call for more features in Ada9X that allows better competition with C++ (and Smalltalk) should be heeded. Greg Aharonian -- ************************************************************************** Greg Aharonian Source Translation & Optimiztion P.O. Box 404, Belmont, MA 02178