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-Thread: 103376,21960280f1d61e84 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.megapath.net!news.megapath.net.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:41:18 -0600 From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1169636785.504223.139630@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com> <45b8361a_5@news.bluewin.ch> Subject: Re: How come Ada isn't more popular? Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:42:41 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.32.209.38 X-Trace: sv3-dsJZWnjvXpsoHNpWESrbkodq+xfR2U2HLxZCto7cAC0eG1iXEFglhfwrZqFjkQG/OwYAwhlO3MqFGYx!IVopP+Gg88cbu0vKqpqj6QajoEM86feYE9wxlWjZGPQqVSlIusZk1veeXGzE8QsSLsdp/79+PEX+!Qz41bzi8rxbUjw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@megapath.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@megapath.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:8554 Date: 2007-01-25T15:42:41-06:00 List-Id: "Gautier" wrote in message news:45b8361a_5@news.bluewin.ch... ... > I'm afraid you read a bit too quickly: I discussed about finding a (_good_) > and (cheap or free) compiler in 1995. GNAT needed a few years to become really > good, IHMO. "Good" is highly subjective, and what you think of as "good" may differ widely from other people. I know Tom thinks Janus/Ada was pretty good, and long before 1995... Your opinion of good may differ, depending on what you want to do. Randy.