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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,630c12e823d1bdf4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-14 04:52:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Compiler Pricing (was Re: Hijacking a Thread was RE: New Ada compiler for .NET) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 07:52:02 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: <1040653133.613605@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3e18f3f3_1@news.tm.net.my> <6KwmrO7CZtnj@eisner.encompasserve.org> <1041910244.361888@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3E1E5604.5030209@nospam.adrianhoe.com> <3E1EA349.6B97C328@adaworks.com> <3E1F9FD5.90802@nospam.adrianhoe.com> <3E22B217.FA0DB29@brighton.ac.uk> <3E22E61E.9020400@nospam.adrianhoe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.b1.cd X-Server-Date: 14 Jan 2003 12:52:45 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33003 Date: 2003-01-14T12:52:45+00:00 List-Id: To some extent, yes. But remember that it is not now nor has it ever been the case that the book publishers are the ones to make a language popular. They merely follow a trend that is already set in motion by other factors. When Ada came out I remember seeing dozens of books on it from various sources. Everybody had high expectations - thinking Ada might become the next Cobol. That obviously didn't happen and it wasn't the lack of books to blame for it. Given that there are a handful of Ada books available free of charge on the net and the language doesn't change that fast, I'd say there were adequate resources in that respect. A few more books that dealt with more specialized areas might be helpful. ("Ada and compiler writing" or "Ada for realtime systems" or "Ada for graphics & gui applications" or similar specialties.) Actually, creating some specialized books and putting them on the web might be a key factor in getting Ada adopted in some new domains. In other words, stop trying to generate an interest in Ada and instead generate an interest in something else that, oh, by the way, happens to have all this clever Ada code that goes with it. Any academics out there with an interest in some new area of computing that might want to use Ada as a tool? MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "I'd trade it all for just a little more" -- Charles Montgomery Burns, [4F10] ====================================================================== Adrian Hoe wrote in message news:3E22E61E.9020400@nospam.adrianhoe.com... > > > Argh... Chicken and egg problem again! ;-)