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=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, PLING_QUERY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,b6d862eabdeb1fc4 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed2.telusplanet.net!newsfeed.telus.net!edtnps82.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Duke Normandin Subject: Re: Ada noob here! Is Ada widely used? References: <20100520192448.836181A795C@www.ecn.org> User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Darwin) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 19:35:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 75.154.123.35 X-Trace: edtnps82 1274384116 75.154.123.35 (Thu, 20 May 2010 13:35:16 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 13:35:16 MDT Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:11817 Date: 2010-05-20T19:35:16+00:00 List-Id: On 2010-05-20, Anonymous wrote: >> Just curious to know if Ada is still widely used, and in what area(s) does >> it excel, e.g. data processing, number crunching, graphics, etc? TIA.. > > Ada was never widely used. It could have been, because it's one of the all > time great general purpose languages. There's probably no better or more > flexible HLL. However, various factors combined to make it a niche language > and it doesn't have any hope of breaking out of that niche or getting the > use and exposure it deserves. > Well! Doesn't _that_ just suck! Tell me more about these "various factors" - off this NG if you prefer. I need to make an informed decision as to whether or not I should continue learning Ada. -- Duke *** Tolerance becomes a crime, when applied to evil [Thomas Mann] ***