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,FREEMAIL_FROM, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5cb36983754f64da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-03 06:12:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language) From: James Rogers References: <20040206174017.7E84F4C4114@lovelace.ada-france.org> <54759e7e.0402071124.322ea376@posting.google.com> <406EB6D2.8030801@noplace.com> Message-ID: User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 14:12:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.73.184.54 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1081001546 12.73.184.54 (Sat, 03 Apr 2004 14:12:26 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 14:12:26 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6724 Date: 2004-04-03T14:12:26+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote in news:406EB6D2.8030801@noplace.com: > Add to that the presence of available class libraries and Ada comes up > short there as well. While Ada does have some standard libraries and > it has various open source libraries available out on the net and > vendors provide libraries of their own invention, its not the same as > someone looking at what Java provides just by virtue of being Java. > I would rephrase that. Java standard libraries do not exist due to the intrinsic nature of the Java language. They exist because Sun Microsystems has poured millions of dollars into the development of Java standard libraries. While Java is a very useful tool, it is good to remember that Java is owned by Sun. It is a proprietary product. Just ask Microsoft, who recently paid Sun $700,000,000.00 in the settlement of a lawsuit regarding Java. Jim Rogers